{"product_id":"a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-9780745352619","title":"A Programme of Absolute Disorder: Decolonizing the Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A complete overhaul of the Western museum tradition\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An impressive critique of the universal museum as complicit in the damages inflicted by colonial power\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Isaac Julien, artist and filmmaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Should fascinate anyone interested in social justice, post-colonialism and the arts\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Euronews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful and so relevant\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Diacritik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Western museum is a battleground--a terrain of ideological, political and economic contestation. Almost everyone today wants to rethink the museum, but how many have the audacity to question the very idea of the universal museum itself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Programme of Absolute Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e, Françoise Vergès puts the museum in its place. Exploring the Louvre's history, she uncovers the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of colonialism, and of Europe's self-appointed claim to be the guardian of global heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVergès outlines a radical horizon: to truly decolonize the museum is to implement a \"programme of absolute disorder\", inventing other ways of apprehending the human and non-human world that nourish collective creativity and bring justice and dignity to the dispossessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrançoise Vergès\u003c\/b\u003e is a political scientist, activist, historian, film writer, and public educator. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Decolonial Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Feminist History of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also a senior research fellow at the Sarah Parker Remond Center for the Study of Racism and Racialization, University College London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Françoise Vergès\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745352619","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48671123832969,"sku":"9780745352619","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e983cb5e-04d3-4298-86eb-6fe76f5d5c56.jpg?v=1791954559","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-9780745352619","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}