Emancipation means the act of becoming free or independent. The term is applied in many contexts as minor emancipation, women's emancipation, political emancipation etc.
In Philosophy, emancipation is the struggle of minorities for their equal rights or for their political rights as citizens.
Emancipation of minors
Emancipation of minor means the anticipation of civil capacity, that is, it is the minor's right to manage their own assets and to practice all the acts foreseen for the majority, which happens at 18 years of age.
The emancipation of a minor is a legal act that grants a person, who has not yet reached the age of majority, the capacity to practice the acts of civil life, without parental guardianship.
Emancipation rights and prohibitions vary between locations. In Brazil, the minor must be over 16 and under 18 and emancipation can take place voluntarily, legally or through the courts.
THE voluntary emancipation it happens with the permission of the parents or guardians of the minor. The process must be carried out at a Notary Public through a public deed.
THE legal emancipation occurs automatically from one of the following events:
- by marriage,
- by entering the public service,
- by graduation from a higher education course,
- by establishing the minor as a trader or as an employee by the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT).
already the judicial emancipation it happens when the minor is not under the power of the parents or when there is disagreement with them about the situation. In this case, the request for emancipation will be decided by the Judiciary.
Article 5 of the Brazilian Civil Code determines the conditions for emancipation, that is, when and under what circumstances a person can apply for emancipation.
See more about the meaning of Emancipated.
political emancipation
The concept of political emancipation refers to the political independence of a country, state or region. We can say, for example, that Brazil's political emancipation took place thanks to its independence from Portugal.
In relation to the states, we have the example of Sergipe's political emancipation, which took place on July 8, 1820, the day it became independent from Bahia.
The place that emancipates itself acquires political and social autonomy. Political emancipation gives the emancipated place the power to self-manage, that is, to take the pertinent political and administrative decisions and draft its laws.
Political emancipation and Karl Marx
The concept of political emancipation was addressed by Karl Marx in an essay published in 1844 on the “Jewish question” in Germany at that time. For Marx, the political emancipation of the Jew or the Christian was related to the emancipation of the State from Judaism, Christianity or any other religion.
Furthermore, Marx understood that emancipation could only take place as a result of a political revolution.
female emancipation
Female emancipation is a movement in which there is a struggle for equal rights between men and women and for the freedom from prejudice and oppression that still exist in society. Thus, female emancipation is a tool to combat gender inequality.
The first women's emancipation movements emerged around the 19th century and gained more strength in the 20th century, especially from the struggle of women for the right to vote.
Therefore, female emancipation is the struggle of the feminist movement for equal treatment (gender equality) and for the recognition of all women's rights.
To learn more read the meanings of Feminism, Gender equality and gender inequality.
