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Don Vincente, a fictional Spanish monk who was suspected of stealing books from his monastery, and later murdered nine people so he could steal their books. Leisel Meminger, the protagonist in The Book Thief, is a nine-year-old who steals a grave digger's handbook, beginning her obsession with books. [12]
The psychology of collecting is an area of study that seeks to understand the motivating factors explaining why people devote time, money, and energy making and maintaining collections. There exist a variety of theories for why collecting behavior occurs, including consumerism, materialism, neurobiology and psychoanalytic theory.
A major focus of Dream Hoarders is to argue that the upper middle class is best positioned to make the political changes needed to help all members of society, especially the bottom 80%. Reeves points out that over half of the wealth of Americans is held in the hands of the top 20%, and the largest share of active voters, and donors to ...
A hoarding disorder is a recognized mental health condition in which a person has difficulty discarding or parting with possessions. Regardless of the value of the items, it causes the person ...
Bibliophiles may have large, specialized book collections. They may highly value old editions, autographed copies, or illustrated versions. Bibliophilia is distinct from bibliomania , a compulsive obsession to collect books which can affect interpersonal relationships or health.
Diogenes syndrome is a disorder that involves hoarding of rubbish and severe self-neglect. In addition, the syndrome is characterized by domestic squalor, syllogomania, social alienation, and refusal of help. It has been shown that the syndrome is caused as a reaction to stress that was experienced by the patient. The time span in which the ...
Hoarding can run in families, and it may be possible genetics play a role in developing hoarding behaviors. [16] Also, this behavior can be developed due to life circumstances such as difficult losses, depression , financial crises , and living small which make it difficult for people to get rid of their belongings.
A hoard of silver coins, the latest about 1700 (British Museum).A hoard or "wealth deposit" [1] is an archaeological term for a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground, in which case it is sometimes also known as a cache.