George Yancy
Biographic Data
| ID | 487884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Yancy |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Yancy |
| SIGNATURE | YANCY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duquesne University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race in America
George Yancy’s third edition of Black Bodies, White Gazes applies a clear and dynamic phenomenological framework of race to the history and most recent headlines in social justice and race relations. Including coverage of police murders and brutality against Black Americans and the rise of white nationalism, this is a timeless introduction to the philosophy of race. The third edition features new chapter introductions and discussion questions fro…
Regarde, un blanc: Renverser le script
Dans cette introduction à son livre classique des études critiques de la race, Look, A White! (2012), George Yancy propose de renverser l’interpellation raciste fanonienne « Tiens, un nègre ! » en « Regarde, un blanc ! » : une stratégie pour rendre visible l’invisibilité normative de la blanchité. Ce « renversement du script » fonctionne comme un cadeau fait aux personnes blanches – une opportunité de voir leur blanchité à travers les yeux des pe…
Gaza: We need to talk
Nuraan DavidsStellenbosch UniversityI don’t think we need to wait for history to tell us what we already know about Gaza. No amount of legal debates on the plausibility of its genocide status, can
Until Our Lungs Give Out: Conversations on Race, Justice, and the Future
A 2023 Library Journal Best Social Sciences Title From Library Journal's Starred Review: "All readers stand to learn something from this compelling book." Award-winning author, scholar, and social visionary George Yancy brings together the greatest minds of our time to speak truth to power and welcome everyone into a conversation about the pursuit of justice, equality, and peace. This interwoven collection of searingly honest interviews with lead…
Waiting for whiteness to un-suture: The prolonged mourning of black bodies
Black Men from Behind the Veil: Ontological Interrogations
The Black male scholars within this important book are painfully aware that the brutal murder of George Floyd was not due to a few "bad apples." They understand that they are perceived as "threats" and "criminals" within a distorted white imaginary that is embedded with processes of mythopoetic construction, racial capitalism, and a deep anti-Black male social ontology. Edited by prominent philosopher George Yancy, Black Men from behind the Veil:…
For Whom and How Does Philosophy Matter? A Response to My Interlocutors
In this article, I respond to various interpretations of important aspects of my authored book, Across Black Spaces . I discuss the importance of thinking beyond Eurocentric/Western meta‐philosophical assumptions regarding the production of knowledge. I articulate and defend forms of philosophical engagement that trouble sites of white privilege and white power. I highlight the importance of philosophy as a site for engaging issues of existential…
Violence: An Anthology
Across Black Spaces: Essays and Interviews from an American Philosopher
Across Black Spaces gathers and builds on a diverse array of essays and interviews by American philosopher and leading public intellectual George Yancy. Within this multidisciplinary framework are works from The New York Times, The Guardian, and other major media outletswhich have drawn international acclaim for their spotlight on vicious racial tensions in American academia and society at large. With this collection of revised and updated works,…
Black disciplinary zones and the exposure of whiteness
This essay is the result of a series of poignant interview questions posed to leading African American philosopher George Yancy. The questions ranged from his entry into philosophy and how African
Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America
When George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled “Dear White America” asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of vitriol in response. The resulting blowback played out in the national media, with critics attacking Yancy in every form possible—including death threats—and supporters rallying to his side. Despite the rhetoric of…
Moral forfeiture and racism: Why we must talk about race
As I write to respond to the critically and charitably crafted responses from three of my colleagues, Kris F. Sealey, Mark William Westmoreland and Alfred Frankowski, I am reminded of the alarming
The Violent Weight of Whiteness
What is the lived experience of the black male body within the context of white America in the twenty-first century? How can we describe the deep existential and psychic dimensions of black male bodies as they negotiate their lives within the context of white hegemony? How do their bodies continue to be truncated according to a distorted and racist imago in the white imaginary? The black male body, within the context of this white imaginary, cons…
African-American Philosophers: 17 Conversations
African-American Philosophers brings into conversation seventeen of the foremost thinkers of color to discuss issues such as Black existentialism, racism, Black women philosophers within the academy, affirmative action and the conceptual parameters of African-American philosophy
Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race in America
Following the deaths of Trayvon Martin and other black youths in recent years, students on campuses across America have joined professors and activists in calling for justice and increased awareness that Black Lives Matter. In this second edition of his trenchant and provocative book, George Yancy offers students the theoretical framework they crave for understanding the violence perpetrated against the Black body. Drawing from the lives of Ossie…
Through the Crucible of Pain and Suffering: African-American philosophy as a gift and the countering of the western philosophical metanarrative
In this article, I argue that African-American philosophy emerges from a socio-existential context where persons of African descent have been faced with the absurd in the form of white racism (This paper is a substantially revised version on an earlier article. See Yancy, G. (2011). African-American Philosophy through the Lens of Socio-Existential Struggle. Philosophy & Social Criticism, Volume 37: 551–574). The concept of struggle, given the abo…
Pursuing Trayvon Martin: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Manifestations of Racial Dynamics
On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old African American male Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old biracial (Caucasian and Peruvian) male in Sanford, Florida. Martin was shot and killed within a gated community, where he was visiting his father, Tracy Martin, and the latter's fiancé. Martin, returning from a store where he had purchased a bag of Skittles and a bottle of Ice Tea, was unarmed. The encounter between Martin…
Forms of Spatial and Textual Alienation: The Lived Experience of Philosophy as Occlusion
Performing Philosophical Dialogue as a Space for Dwelling Near
Tarrying Together
Reframing the practice of philosophy: Bodies of Color, Bodies of Knowledge
The Scholar Who Coined the Term Ebonics: A Conversation with Dr. Robert L. Williams
On December 18, 1996, a controversial resolution was passed by the Board of Education of Oakland, California that recognized the legitimacy and significance of Ebonics in the cultural lives and in
African-American philosophy: Through the lens of socio-existential struggle
In this article I argue that African-American philosophy emerges from a socio-existential context where persons of African descent have been faced with the absurd in the form of white racism. The concept of struggle, given the above, functions as both descriptive and heuristic vis-à-vis the meaning of African-American philosophy. Expanding upon Charles Mills’ concept of non-Cartesian sums, I demonstrate the inextricable link between Black lived e…
The Center Must Not Hold: White Women Philosophers on the Whiteness of Philosophy
"The Center Must Not Hold: White Women Philosophers on the Whiteness of Philosophy functions as a textual site where white women philosophers engage boldly in critical acts of exploring ways of naming and disrupting whiteness in terms of how it has defined the conceptual field of philosophy. Within this text, white women philosophers critique the field of philosophy for its complicity with whiteness as a structure of power, as normative, and as h…
Critical Perspectives on bell hooks
"Although bell hooks has long challenged the dominant paradigms of race, class,and gender, there has never been a comprehensive book critically reflecting upon this seminal scholar's body of work. Her written works aim to transgress and disrupt those codes that exclude others as intellectually mediocre, and hooks's challenge to various hegemonic practices has heavily influenced scholars in numerous areas of inquiry, This important resource themat…
Elevators, social spaces and racism: A philosophical analysis
There has been a great deal of philosophical analysis supporting the position that race is semantically empty, ontologically bankrupt and scientifically meaningless. The conclusion often reached is that race is a social construction. While this position is certainly accepted by the majority of philosophers working within the area of critical race theory, the existentially lived and socially embodied impact of `race' is often left either unexplore…
Tarrying Together
Black disciplinary zones and the exposure of whiteness
This essay is the result of a series of poignant interview questions posed to leading African American philosopher George Yancy. The questions ranged from his entry into philosophy and how African
Through the Crucible of Pain and Suffering: African-American philosophy as a gift and the countering of the western philosophical metanarrative
In this article, I argue that African-American philosophy emerges from a socio-existential context where persons of African descent have been faced with the absurd in the form of white racism (This paper is a substantially revised version on an earlier article. See Yancy, G. (2011). African-American Philosophy through the Lens of Socio-Existential Struggle. Philosophy & Social Criticism, Volume 37: 551–574). The concept of struggle, given the abo…
Gaza: We need to talk
Nuraan DavidsStellenbosch UniversityI don’t think we need to wait for history to tell us what we already know about Gaza. No amount of legal debates on the plausibility of its genocide status, can
The Scholar Who Coined the Term Ebonics: A Conversation with Dr. Robert L. Williams
On December 18, 1996, a controversial resolution was passed by the Board of Education of Oakland, California that recognized the legitimacy and significance of Ebonics in the cultural lives and in
Situated Black Women's Voices in/on the Profession of Philosophy
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Introduction: Situated Black Women's Voices in/on the Profession of Philosophy
The existential dimensions of Frederick Douglass’s autobiographical narrative: A Beauvoirian examination
Frederick Douglass’s socio-political narrative is explored through an existential lens, arguing that Douglass is contesting the proposition that essence precedes existence. Douglass, through his fight with Covey, a white ‘slave breaker’, and his escape to freedom, affirms his existence (etymologically, ‘standing out’) as being for it-self ( pour-soi) over and against the reduction of his existence to that of being in-itself ( an-soi). Drawing fro…
Twisted tales: In the hip hop streets of Philly
James G. Spady, Stefan Dupres, and Charles G. Lee Black History Museum UMUM/LOH Publishers, 1995 PO Box 15057, Philadelphia, PA 19130 $14.95 (paperback)
Sites of Africanist Rhythm George Yancy
Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts. Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Wesport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. 189 pp. Hardback. $55.00
A Foucauldian (Genealogical) Reading of Whiteness: The Production of the Black Body/Self and the Racial Pathology of Pecola Breedlove in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
The Philosophical I: Personal Reflections on Life in Philosophy
Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I , a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers. Candid and philosophically insightful, these personal narratives critically call into question the belief that philosophy should be kept separate from the personal experience of philosophers. Each contributor traces the fundamental influences-both philosophical and otherwis…
The existential dimensions of Frederick Douglass's autobiographical narrative: A Beauvoirian examination
Frederick Douglass’s socio-political narrative is explored through an existential lens, arguing that Douglass is contesting the proposition that essence precedes existence. Douglass, through his fight with Covey, a white ‘slave breaker’, and his escape to freedom, affirms his existence (etymologically, ‘standing out’) as being for it-self (pour-soi) over and against the reduction of his existence to that of being in-itself (an-soi). Drawing from …
The existential dimensions of Frederick Douglass’s autobiographical narrative: A Beauvoirian examination
Frederick Douglass’s socio-political narrative is explored through an existential lens, arguing that Douglass is contesting the proposition that essence precedes existence. Douglass, through his fight with Covey, a white ‘slave breaker’, and his escape to freedom, affirms his existence (etymologically, ‘standing out’) as being for it-self ( pour-soi) over and against the reduction of his existence to that of being in-itself ( an-soi). Drawing fro…
What White Looks Like: African-American Philosophers on the Whiteness Question
White on White/Black on Black
White on White/Black on Black is a unique contribution to the philosophy of race. The book explores how fourteen philosophers, seven white and seven black, philosophically understand the dynamics of the process of racialization. Combined, the contributions demonstrate different and similar conceptual trajectories of raced identities that emerge from within and across the racial divide. Each of the fourteen philosophers, who share a textual space …
Jewell, K. Sue. Survival of the African American Family: The Institutional Impact of U.S. Social Policy
"Jewell, K. Sue. SURVIVAL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY: THE INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT OF U.S. SOCIAL POLICY." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 37(3), pp. 485–486
Philosophy in Multiple Voices
Situated Black Women's Voices in/on the Profession of Philosophy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Introduction: Situated Black Women's Voices in/on the Profession of Philosophy
Elevators, social spaces and racism: A philosophical analysis
There has been a great deal of philosophical analysis supporting the position that race is semantically empty, ontologically bankrupt and scientifically meaningless. The conclusion often reached is that race is a social construction. While this position is certainly accepted by the majority of philosophers working within the area of critical race theory, the existentially lived and socially embodied impact of `race' is often left either unexplore…
Critical Perspectives on bell hooks
"Although bell hooks has long challenged the dominant paradigms of race, class,and gender, there has never been a comprehensive book critically reflecting upon this seminal scholar's body of work. Her written works aim to transgress and disrupt those codes that exclude others as intellectually mediocre, and hooks's challenge to various hegemonic practices has heavily influenced scholars in numerous areas of inquiry, This important resource themat…
The Center Must Not Hold: White Women Philosophers on the Whiteness of Philosophy
"The Center Must Not Hold: White Women Philosophers on the Whiteness of Philosophy functions as a textual site where white women philosophers engage boldly in critical acts of exploring ways of naming and disrupting whiteness in terms of how it has defined the conceptual field of philosophy. Within this text, white women philosophers critique the field of philosophy for its complicity with whiteness as a structure of power, as normative, and as h…
The Scholar Who Coined the Term Ebonics: A Conversation with Dr. Robert L. Williams
On December 18, 1996, a controversial resolution was passed by the Board of Education of Oakland, California that recognized the legitimacy and significance of Ebonics in the cultural lives and in
African-American philosophy: Through the lens of socio-existential struggle
In this article I argue that African-American philosophy emerges from a socio-existential context where persons of African descent have been faced with the absurd in the form of white racism. The concept of struggle, given the above, functions as both descriptive and heuristic vis-à-vis the meaning of African-American philosophy. Expanding upon Charles Mills’ concept of non-Cartesian sums, I demonstrate the inextricable link between Black lived e…
Reframing the practice of philosophy: Bodies of Color, Bodies of Knowledge
Performing Philosophical Dialogue as a Space for Dwelling Near
Tarrying Together
Pursuing Trayvon Martin: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Manifestations of Racial Dynamics
On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old African American male Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old biracial (Caucasian and Peruvian) male in Sanford, Florida. Martin was shot and killed within a gated community, where he was visiting his father, Tracy Martin, and the latter's fiancé. Martin, returning from a store where he had purchased a bag of Skittles and a bottle of Ice Tea, was unarmed. The encounter between Martin…
Forms of Spatial and Textual Alienation: The Lived Experience of Philosophy as Occlusion
Through the Crucible of Pain and Suffering: African-American philosophy as a gift and the countering of the western philosophical metanarrative
In this article, I argue that African-American philosophy emerges from a socio-existential context where persons of African descent have been faced with the absurd in the form of white racism (This paper is a substantially revised version on an earlier article. See Yancy, G. (2011). African-American Philosophy through the Lens of Socio-Existential Struggle. Philosophy & Social Criticism, Volume 37: 551–574). The concept of struggle, given the abo…
African-American Philosophers: 17 Conversations
African-American Philosophers brings into conversation seventeen of the foremost thinkers of color to discuss issues such as Black existentialism, racism, Black women philosophers within the academy, affirmative action and the conceptual parameters of African-American philosophy
Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race in America
Following the deaths of Trayvon Martin and other black youths in recent years, students on campuses across America have joined professors and activists in calling for justice and increased awareness that Black Lives Matter. In this second edition of his trenchant and provocative book, George Yancy offers students the theoretical framework they crave for understanding the violence perpetrated against the Black body. Drawing from the lives of Ossie…
Sociology (23 works) · Philosophy (15 works) · Gender Studies (13 works) · Epistemology (12 works) · Race, History, and American Society (12 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Racism (8 works)