Emancipation
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Emancipation is the act of freeing or being freed/the relinquishment of control; its meaning encompasses both being able to be as one is (or as a political group chooses to be) without having to adjust to another power, while simultaneously being a contributing part or party to the whole. The latter segment helps distinguish the difference between emancipation and total independence; the term can be used in various contexts:
In politics:
- Full Representation, a commonly used electoral system that delivers emancipation to segments of society by means of political participation and individual representation. Proportional Representation automatically delivers full representation, while sometimes district elections deliver full representation as well, as is, for instance, the case for French-Canadians, who are able to emancipate politically.
In slavery:
- Abolitionism (abolition of slavery), a political movement that sought to end the practice of slavery and the worldwide slave trade
- Manumission, the freedom of a slave by the owner voluntarily
- The freedom of a slave in accordance with laws under certain conditions
In history:
- Catholic emancipation, the increase of Roman Catholics' civil rights in Britain and Ireland
- Jewish emancipation, in which the Jews were given citizenship rights in France in 1791 and in the rest of Europe through the nineteenth century
- Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, the liquidation of serf dependence of Russian peasants by Alexander II of Russia
- Emancipation Proclamation, a declaration by United States President Abraham Lincoln announcing that all slaves in Confederate territory still in rebellion were freed
- The freedom of a convict in the historic Australian penal colonies
In family law:
- Emancipation of minors, where a minor becomes an adult in practice, usually by receiving a declaration of liberation from a court expressly for this purpose
In rights:
- Women's liberation, as opposed to sexism
- Sexual liberation, as opposed to sexualism
- Gay liberation, as opposed to homophobia
- Youth Rights, as opposed to ageism
- Animal rights, as opposed to speciesism
- Equal rights for races, as opposed to racism
In music:
- Emancipation (album), a 1996 music album by Image:Princesymbol.png (formerly known as Prince)
- The Emancipation of Mimi, a 2005 music album by Mariah Carey
In spirituality:
- The process of the gradual elevation of or liberation to service to the soul. Materially taken it means to become an equal to a certain standard of civilization. Spiritually it refers to the process of gradual liberation beginning with listening, speaking and remembering ending in friendship and finally surrender to the dictates of the soul.
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See also
- Self-determination
- Revolution (disambiguation)
- Liberation (disambiguation)