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Title: Collecting: An Unruly Passion: Psychological Perspectives by Vicki Austin-Smith, Werner L. Muensterberger ISBN: 0-15-600253-1 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: November, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Usual boring psychological trite with no real insight
Comment: I thought it would be fun to see some interesting insights into why I collect books and like collecting in general. Nope. His insights are dry and old and no different than what drives any body to do anything. We all seek happiness because we are unhappy and there is always an underlying stress or anxiety about this. So why do some people collect? Or eat too much, or ski, or sky dive, or on an on and on. EVERYONE does SOMETHING to seek because they feel insecure and not sustained in the Universe. So collecting is not in the least unique. It's the same reason Mr. Muensterberger wrote this book - he is seeking in his own way. It's as simple as that. I will be returning this boring book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Psychology collectors may fear!
Comment: The case studies are quite entertaining. The analysis of the drive to collect as a way to undo inner anxiety, stress and childhood trauma seems dubious, but who can say? Collectors may scoff at the analysis, or they may enjoy it....
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Title: To Have And To Hold: An Intimate History Of Collectors and Collecting by Philipp Blom ISBN: 1585673773 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Cultures of Collecting by John Elsner, Roger Cardinal ISBN: 0674179935 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 1994 List Price(USD): $20.50 |
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Title: Collecting in a Consumer Society by Russell W. Belk ISBN: 0415258480 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Private Matters: In Defense of the Personal Life by Janna Malamud Smith, Elizabeth Maguire ISBN: 0201409739 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper by Nicholson Baker ISBN: 0375726217 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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