The Cultures of Collecting

Ed. John Elsner and Roger Cardinal, Reaktion Books, 1995

The book features a selection of essays by prominent Western intellectuals including Jean Baudrillard, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Nicholas Thomas, Naomi Schor and Susan Stewart. It is a collection of texts that can approach the subject of collecting from the viewpoint of the “other” as opposed to a Westernist point of view.