{"product_id":"a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-9780745349619","title":"A Programme of Absolute Disorder: Decolonizing the Museum","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Western Museum is an ideological, political, and economic disunity battleground. Calls for its decolonization have washed like great breakers over the institution; almost everyone today wants to \"rethink the museum.\" But how many dare to question the very presuppositions of the universal museum itself? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Programme of Absolute Disorder\u003c\/i\u003e, Françoise Vergès puts the museum in its place. With a specific focus on the history of the Louvre, she centers the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of the Enlightenment and colonialism, of a Europe that presents itself as the guardian of the heritage of all humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Discussing the impasses in the representation of slavery and examining unsuccessful attempts to subvert the museum institution, Vergès outlines a radical horizon: to decolonize the museum truly 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 populations who have been dispossessed of it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745349619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Fran\u0026#195;\u0026#167;oise Verg\u0026#195;\u0026#168;s","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44207275212981,"sku":"9780745349619","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f2e2a4e0-42d7-42cf-b205-dbd74bf4f0ed.jpg?v=1716908630","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-9780745349619","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}