Programme of Absolute Disorder

Decolonizing the Museum

AvFrançoise Vergès

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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'A complete overhaul of the Western museum tradition' - Publishers WeeklyIn A Programme of Absolute Disorder, Françoise Vergès strips away the veneer of the universal Western museum to reveal its origins as the foundation of liberal ideology.By exploring the history of the Louvre, and following the radical tradition of Frantz Fanon, she argues that the modern institution cannot just be fixed with a more diverse board or by finding new ways to display the art.Instead, she demands a 'post-museum': a space that rejects the financialization of art, acknowledges the bloody history of its collections, and prioritises the labour and dignity of those who clean, guard and inhabit its halls.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-20
Mått:129 x 198 x undefined mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Pluto Press
Medarbetare:Paul Gilroy
ISBN:9780745352619
Översättare:Melissa Thackway

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Françoise Vergès is a political scientist, activist, historian, film writer, and public educator. She is the author of A Decolonial Feminism, A Feminist History of Violence and A Programme of Absolute Disorder. She is also a senior research fellow at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation, University College London. She lives in Paris.Paul Gilroy is a renowned sociologist, historian and cultural theorist recognised for his pioneering work on race, Black diaspora and postcolonial culture. He is the author of The Black Atlantic, 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 Feminist Theory of Violence by Françoise Vergès, Contemporary African Cinema by Olivier Barlet, Tropical Dream Palaces: Cinema-Going in Colonial West Africa by Odile Goerg and African Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction by Daniela Ricci.

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'A complete overhaul of the Western museum tradition'

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PrefaceIntroduction1. A Programme of Absolute Disorder2. The Museum: A Battlefield3. The Louvre, Napoleon, Capture, the Slave4. Black is the model, white the frame5. A Museum without ObjectsEpilogue: Decolonial TacticsNotes