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The Kulturkampf and Social Integration in Modern Germany

Explore the Kulturkampf era in Modern Germany, focusing on Pseudo-Democratization, Urbanization, Big Business, Religious division, Suppression of Catholic Culture, and more. Learn about Bismarck’s strategy and the rise of the Center Party.

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The Kulturkampf and Social Integration in Modern Germany

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  1. HIST 2117: Modern GermanySpring 2014 Lecture Eight: The Kulturkampf and Social Integration

  2. Grunderzeit • Pseudo-Democratization and Aristocratic Attitudes • Urbanization and New Elites • Military as “School of Nation” • Big Business • Second Industrial Revolution • Cartelization

  3. Cultural and Religious Division in Germany • Bismarck’s Vision of Unity under Prussia • Rudolf Virchow and Protestant Attitudes Towards Catholicism • The Perceived Threat of Ultramontanism • Papacy of Piux IX • Windthorst and the Rise of the Center Party

  4. Steps to Suppression of Catholic Culture • Pulpit Paragraph 1871 • Adalbert Falk -- May Laws 1873 • Papal Encyclical of 1875 • Center Party and Catholic Faith

  5. Second Thoughts on Catholic Repression • Liberal Backlash • Catholic Labor Movement • Negotiations with Windthorst • Death of Pius IX

  6. Reichsfeinde/Reichsfreunde • Kulturkampf as Expression of Bismarck’s Divide and Conquer Strategy • Other Scapegoats • Adolf Stoecker – Christian Social Party • Agricultural Cooperative Movement

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