{"product_id":"a-noble-madness-the-dark-side-of-collecting-from-antiquity-to-now","title":"A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollectors are often praised for their taste in art or contributions to science, but there can be a darker side: their passion is sometimes driven by dangerous obsession. Roman emperors who lusted after statues; Chinese scholars obsessed with rocks and flowers; fin de siecle dandies surrounded by bibelots. History is full of stories about those who love things more than people, presenting a danger either to themselves or others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping history from antiquity to today, James Delbourgo tells the extraordinary story of the mad collector as a cultural figure from the tyrant and idolater to the sexually repressed \"psycho\" of the Freudian imagination and the modern-day hoarder. His conclusion is surprising: Because they are driven by passion rather than profit, obsessive collectors also have been cultural heroes, seen as authentic and true to themselves. Some may be mad, but theirs is a noble madness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Delbourgo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953152389167,"sku":"9781529424010","price":2199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781529424010.jpg?v=1770793370","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/a-noble-madness-the-dark-side-of-collecting-from-antiquity-to-now","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}