Abstract

The concept of emancipation has been historically used to name a very wide range of forms of liberation, both individual and collective. As a consequence, from the period of Enlightment and the first revolutions and liberal constitutions, it became one of the fundamental concepts of modern political thought. In this article, I examine the theoretical assumptions and the historical forms of the modern concept of emancipation, but I also propose a revision of those assumptions and forms that takes into account the historical changes of the second half of the 20th century as well as the appareance of new emancipatory social movements.

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  • The concept of emancipation has been historically used to name a very wide range of forms of liberation, both individual and collective

  • El propio concepto de «modernidad», con el que se nombra un «tiempo nuevo», una «nueva época» de la historia humana, está inseparablemente ligado al concepto de «emancipación», hasta el punto de que ambos fueron concebidos a partir de los siglos XVII y XVIII, por las élites políticas e intelectuales de Europa occidental y de sus colonias ultramarinas, como si fueran dos conceptos equivalentes e intercambiables. 5

  • Esta imposibilidad es culpable cuando su causa no reside en la falta de entendimiento, sino de decisión y valor para servirse del suyo sin la guía de otro

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The concept of emancipation has been historically used to name a very wide range of forms of liberation, both individual and collective. El término castellano «emancipación» procede del verbo latino emancipare, que a su vez es una expresión compuesta, formada por el prefijo ex- y el verbo mancipare.

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