Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting C12 1927) in its materials

1927) in its materials

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Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting C12 1927) in its materialsWhy do we collect? Is it to rescue objects from oblivion? Is it a kind of desire or even a kind of madness? In this mosaic of fiction, philosophy, sociology, biography and autobiography, virtuoso thinker Robert Irwin takes us on a wayward journey through the art of collecting, and his own intellectual passions. Drawing on the works of writers including Susan Sontag, Walter Benjamin, Iris Murdoch and Georges Perec, as well as a host of lesser known