{"product_id":"a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-franoise-vergs-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, Fran輟ise Verg鑚 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, Verg鑚 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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fran輟ise Verg鑚\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745349617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745349619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Fran輟ise Verg鑚","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44716209471743,"sku":"9780745349619","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4238d1fa-ae30-449a-894d-b3cba51ec2f3.jpg?v=1705681413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-franoise-vergs-9780745349619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}