Open Casket - Philosophical Meditations on the Lynching of Emmett Till

About the author

George Yancy is the Samuel Candler Dobbs professor of philosophy at Emory University and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College. Yancy has published over 250 combined scholarly articles, chapters, and interviews that have appeared in professional journals, books, and at various news sites. Yancy is known for his numerous essays and interviews in the New York Times' philosophy column The Stone, and Truthout. He is the author, editor and co-editor of over 25 books, including most recently Until Our Lungs Give Out: Conversations on Race, Justice, and the Future and In Sheep’s Clothing: The Idolatry of White Christian Nationalism (coedited with philosopher Bill Bywater. Yancy is editor of the Philosophy of Race Book Series at Bloomsbury.A. Todd Franklin is the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies at Hamilton College. Franklin’s research focuses on the existential, social, and political implications of various critical and transformative discourses aimed at cultivating individual and collective self-realization. He teaches courses on existentialism, Nietzsche, and critical race theory; and he is the recipient of numerous honors and accolades for excellence in teaching. Franklin’s most recent work includes “The Transformative Power of Community Engaged Teaching” in Wiley Blackwell’s A Companion to Public Philosophy, and “The Gospel According to Baldwin: Prophetic Genealogy as Social Praxis” in Genealogy: A Genealogy.

Product details

• Assisted by: A Todd Franklin (Editor), A. Todd Franklin (Editor), George Yancy (Editor), Yancy George (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 18.09.2025
• EAN: 9798881806385
• ISBN: 979-8-8818-0638-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social discrimination & inequality, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, HISTORY / African American & Black, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism