{"product_id":"k-allado-mcdowell-outside-between-art-and-hallucination-copy","title":"Françoise Vergès: A Programme of Absolute Disorder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePluto Press, 2026, softcover, 224 pages, 12.9 x 19.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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 idea of the universal museum itself?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Programme of Absolute Disorder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60066658124160,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/71P-aAwYErL._SY522.jpg?v=1791382884","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/k-allado-mcdowell-outside-between-art-and-hallucination-copy","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}