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Street Knowledge - by Darien Pollock (Hardcover)

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  • A philosophical framework for resistance that connects Socrates to the street Does social change happen "top down" or "bottom up"--brought about by those who hold power or by those who struggle against the powerful?
  • About the Author: Darien Pollock is assistant professor of philosophy at Boston University.
  • 240 Pages
  • Philosophy, Social

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A philosophical framework for resistance that connects Socrates to the street

Does social change happen "top down" or "bottom up"--brought about by those who hold power or by those who struggle against the powerful? In Street Knowledge, Darien Pollock argues that the most powerful change comes from the bottom up. "Street culture" supplies the creative activity that inspires not only political change but any kind of positive social change. Pollock argues that part of what prevents progressive social change is that people in power only legitimize and respond to ideas and arguments that are legible to them; marginal actors--those with street knowledge--are forced to develop ways of making ideas that are illegible to the broader public meaningful and useful. At its best, street knowledge can be used to address civic injustice, cultural hegemony, and economic exploitation.

Reading Plato, Marx, DuBois, Derrida, and others, Pollock discovered that academic philosophy has had a street orientation all along. The core qualities he associated with the "street disposition"--the psychological and spiritual capacity to resist an unjust social arrangement--were already represented in Plato's Republic. Drawing on the late Congressman John Lewis's idea of "good trouble" as well as Socrates, Pollock argues that "the street" should be understood as a universal feature of the human condition--with the potential to emerge anywhere at any time. Street knowledge, Pollock contends, lays the foundation for a radically new way of doing philosophy and achieving social justice.



About the Author



Darien Pollock is assistant professor of philosophy at Boston University. He is the founder and president of the Street Philosophy Institute, Inc., a community organization dedicated to connecting higher education resources to underserved communities, particularly in the rural South.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Social
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Darien Pollock
Language: English
Street Date: October 6, 2026
TCIN: 1009671708
UPC: 9780691271507
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-4634
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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