What is emancipation?
The word "emancipation" in our everyday speech sounds more and more often. What is meant by this uneasy word? On the one hand, it can be attributed to music, and on the other - to sociology.
Let's look at what emancipation is.
The concept of emancipation
Emancipation in the general sense - equalizing rights, getting rid of dependence.
In sociology, by emancipation is understoodliberation from oppression, limitation and dependence. The most striking example of emancipation is the liberation from apartheid. This refers to the time when people with dark skin color were discriminated against.
- Emancipation of women implies the provision ofequality in political, labor and family life, as well as in public activities. For the first time, the emancipation of women began to be talked about in the Middle Ages, but there were not enough fighters for the rights of the female. And only in the 20th century women began to receive equal rights with men.
- Emancipation of minors - recognitiona person who has not reached the age of majority, is fully capable. This is necessary for employment or business organization.
- Jewish emancipation refers to the liberation of the rights of representatives of the Jewish faith, as well as the entire Jewish ethnos.
Also the term "emancipation" is used in music. In this case, it means the release of dissonance from the obligatory permission in consonance.
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