A Programme of Absolute Disorder(English, Hardcover, Verges Francoise)

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A Programme of Absolute Disorder(English, Hardcover, Verges Francoise) is written by Verges Francoise and published by Pluto Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0745349617 (ISBN 10) and 9780745349619 (ISBN 13).

'A complete overhaul of the Western museum tradition' - Publishers Weekly The 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 idea of the universal museum itself? In A Programme of Absolute Disorder, Francoise Verges 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. Verges 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.