{"product_id":"a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-paperback","title":"A Programme of Absolute Disorder: Decolonizing the Museum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrançoise Vergès\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Gilroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eMelissa Thackway\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrançoise Vergès is a political scientist, activist, historian, film writer, and public educator. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Decolonial Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Feminist History of Violence, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Programme of Absolute Disorder.\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. She lives in Paris. Paul Gilroy is a renowned sociologist, historian, and cultural theorist recognized for his pioneering work on race, Black diaspora, and postcolonial culture. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, amongst other classics. Melissa Thackway is an independent researcher and translator. She lectures in African Cinema at Sciences-Po and INALCO in Paris. Her recent translations include A\u003ci\u003e Feminist Theory of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e by Françoise Vergès, \u003ci\u003eContemporary African Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e by Olivier Barlet, \u003ci\u003eTropical Dream Palaces: Cinema-Going in Colonial West Africa\u003c\/i\u003e by Odile Goerg, and \u003ci\u003eAfrican Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e by Daniela Ricci.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 7.81 x 5.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67653493391634,"sku":"9780745352619","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/3_BYS-dnxp9780745352619.webp?v=1793415090","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/a-programme-of-absolute-disorder-decolonizing-the-museum-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}