Roughly before 1950, many men who today would be considered bibliomaniacs were considered bibliophiles, which is a lover of books. So what is the difference? Jackson (1950) put it: overthrows the natural judgment” (525). distinction between an acceptable “bibliomania “The bibliophila [sic] and a pathologized bibliomania is nevertheless difficult. Book love and book madness belong together” (Metz, 2008, 254). There is a very fine line between the two. Kenny (2000) says that bibliomania is more than just a love of books, it is about control and it has “an almost complete disregard for the most common use of books: reading” (254). This begs the question: There can be a multitude of reasons. One, according “Why to Jackson (1950) is out of revenge against the library (351). Another is for money. Books can be sold for money and if someone is desperate enough to steal something of value, they will not hesitate to sell it. Lastly, this person is sick and they are sick with bibliomania and one aspect of bibliomania is bibliokleptomania. Bibliomania, or book madness from the Greek biblion = “is book + mania = madness” (Hart, 2010). The causes of the disorder are not researched but more than likely it stems from the same causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder due to the fact that most bibliomaniacs books books bought are generally not even looked [at] but are “collect” “The simply bought and hoarded” (Health Grades, INC, 2011, para. 1). Anderson (2003) writes that is more than just a desire to collect the written word; it is a consuming and “bibliomania obsessive passion to acquire texts”. Like hoarding (another off-shot of obsessive-compulsive disorder), bibliomania can be stemming from a need to control something in the person’s life when the rest of it seems out of control. Or it could be the manifestation of a need to control early childhood traumas. Symptoms of the disease include obsession with collecting, collecting abnormal amounts, of relief upon collection” and anxiety brought on by “feelings “reduced
Roughly before 1950, many men who today would be considered bibliomaniacs were considered bibliophiles, which is a lover of books. So what is the difference? Jackson (1950) put it: “bibliomania overthrows the natural judgment” (525). “The distinction between an acceptable bibliophila [sic] and a pathologized bibliomania is nevertheless difficult. Book love and book madness belong together” (Metz, 2008, 254). There is a very fine line between the two. Kenny (2000) says that bibliomania is more than just a love of books, it is about control and it has “an almost complete disregard for the most common use of books: reading” (254). This begs the question: “Why There can be a multitude of reasons. One, according to Jackson (1950) is out of revenge against the library (351). Another is for money. Books can be sold for money and if someone is desperate enough to steal something of value, they will not hesitate to sell it. Lastly, this person is sick and they are sick with bibliomania and one aspect of bibliomania is bibliokleptomania. Bibliomania, or book madness “is from the Greek biblion = book + mania = madness” (Hart, 2010). The causes of the disorder are not researched but more than likely it stems from the same causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder due to the fact that most bibliomaniacs “collect” books “The books bought are generally not even looked [at] but are simply bought and hoarded” (Health Grades, INC, 2011, para. 1). Anderson (2003) writes that “bibliomania is more than just a desire to collect the written word; it is a consuming and obsessive passion to acquire texts”. Like hoarding (another off-shot of obsessive-compulsive disorder), bibliomania can be stemming from a need to control something in the person’s life when the rest of it seems out of control. Or it could be the manifestation of a need to control early childhood traumas. Symptoms of the disease include obsession with collecting, collecting abnormal amounts, “feelings of relief upon collection” and “reduced anxiety brought on by