{"product_id":"9780745349619","title":"A Programme of Absolute Disorder","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthors: Francoise Verges \u0026amp; Paul Gilroy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFrance | Africa | Conservation, restoration \u0026amp; care of artworks | Museology \u0026amp; heritage studies | Colonialism \u0026amp; imperialism | Archaeology | Western philosophy: Enlightenment\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e June 2024 by Pluto Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 224 pages, 6 Halftones, black and white \u003cbr\u003e234mm x 153mm | 0g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Western museum is a battleground—a terrain of ideological, political and economic contestation. Calls for its decolonisation have washed like great breakers over the institution; almost everyone today wants to \"rethink the museum\". But how many have the audacity to question the very presuppositions of the universal museum itself?In A Programme of Absolute Disorder, Françoise Vergès puts the museum in its place. With a specific focus on the history of the Louvre, she centres the context in which the universal museum emerged: as a product of the Enlightenment and colonialism, of a Europe which presents itself as the guardian of the heritage of all mankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscussing the impasses in the representation of slavery, and examining unsuccessful attempts to subvert the museum institution, Vergès outlines a radical horizon: to truly decolonise 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 populations who have been dispossessed of it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41135406710919,"sku":"9780745349619","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780745349619.jpg?v=1711635188","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780745349619","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}