Kulturkampf (German: “culture struggle”) was one of many neologisms that came into general use in Germany in connection with the career of Kultur (Culture) as a concept in the 19th century. The term breathed new life into the metaphor of combat in rhetorical, political, and activist terms - a metaphor that had been widespread during the early modern period in other cultural contexts [8]. In the intensifying conflict situation of the late 19th century in particular, it became a ca…