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Author Kreuter, Eric Anton, author.

Title The collector mentality : modernization of the hunter-gatherer / Eric A. Kreuter, Ph.D
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Series Anthropology research and developments
Anthropology research and developments.
Contents Foreword 1 / Cathleen M. Olson, MS, Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern -- Foreward 2 / Dr. Tim Merrick -- About the Author -- List of Contributors -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Analysis of the Psychological benefits of coveted inanimate objects -- Chapter 2: Why do people collect things? -- Chapter 3: Anthropological roots -- Chapter 4: Types of collections -- Chapter 5: Descriptions of the Kreuter Collection of Minerals and Fossils -- Chapter 6: Collecting as a form of bonding with children -- Chapter 7: The addiction of collecting -- Chapter 8: Shopping addiction -- Chapter 9: Cross-benefits of lifelong collecting -- Chapter 10: Is collecting the same as hoarding? Chapter 11: Filling a void? -- Chapter 12: Addressing issues: emotional, psychodynamic, spiritual, cerebral, artistic -- Chapter 13: Obsessions -- Chapter 14: Perspectives of collectors -- Chapter 15: Anthropomorphic healthy narcissism by proxy --Chapter 16: Problems associated with collecting: a contrast to difficulties of foragers --Conclusion -- References --Appendices -- Appendix A: Kreuter Collection of Minerals and Fossils -- Appendix B: Returning to the rock outcropping to collect samples for a fellow collector -- Appendix C: Anthropomorphic healthy narcissism by proxy survey -- Commentaries -- Commentary 1 / Peter Goodstein -- Commentary 2 / Peter Goodstein -- Commentary 2 / Glenn Sacks: Why we collect antique and vintage items -- Commentary 3 / Peter Varounis -- Commentary 4 / Margaret Taylor: Hunting for gathers among early human populations -- Commentary 5 / Mathew M. Kreuter: The mind of a collector -- Commentary 6: A collection of a collectors collections: Kenneth M. Moltner -- Commentary 7 / Maria Bird: I rock -- Case Studies -- Case Study 1: Doug -- Case Study 2: -- Case Study 3: Hoarder - Joan -- Case Study 4: Shawn - An extreme collector -- Case Study 5: Collector - Charles -- Case Study 6: Collector - Jim -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 11, 2018)
Subject Collectors and collecting -- Psychology
Collectors and collecting -- Case studies
Hunting and gathering societies -- Miscellanea
Hoarders.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE -- General.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Collectors and collecting
Hoarders
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017047596
ISBN 9781536126006
1536126004