Emancipation
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| '''Emancipation''' is a term used to describe various efforts to obtain [[political rights]] or [[Egalitarianism|equality]], often for a specifically [[disenfranchised]] group, or more generally in discussion of such matters. | '''Emancipation''' is a term used to describe various efforts to obtain [[political rights]] or [[Egalitarianism|equality]], often for a specifically [[disenfranchised]] group, or more generally in discussion of such matters. | ||
| - | The word [[wikt:emancipation|emancipation]] was in common use in political affairs of 18th and 19th century political discourse, as in the [[women's rights|women's emancipation movements]]. | + | The word [[emancipation]] was in common use in political affairs of 18th and 19th century political discourse, as in the [[women's rights|women's emancipation movements]]. |
| - | Among others, [[Karl Marx]] discussed political emancipation in his 1844 essay "[[On the Jewish Question]]", although often in addition to (or in contrast with) the term ''human emancipation''. Marx's views of political emancipation in this work were summarized by one writer as entailing "equal status of individual citizens in relation to the state, equality before the law, regardless of religion, property, or other “private” characteristics of individual persons." | + | The United States the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|civil rights movement]] culminating in the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], can be seen as further realization of events such as the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] and abolition of slavery a century earlier. |
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| - | "Political emancipation" as a phrase is less common in modern usage, especially outside academic, foreign or activist contexts. However, similar concepts may be referred to by other terms. For instance, in the United States the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|civil rights movement]] culminating in the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], can be seen as further realization of events such as the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] and abolition of slavery a century earlier. | + | |
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Emancipation is a term used to describe various efforts to obtain political rights or equality, often for a specifically disenfranchised group, or more generally in discussion of such matters.
The word emancipation was in common use in political affairs of 18th and 19th century political discourse, as in the women's emancipation movements.
The United States the civil rights movement culminating in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, can be seen as further realization of events such as the Emancipation Proclamation and abolition of slavery a century earlier.
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