why does walter benjamin collect books
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In Benjamin's description of his love for collecting and his knowledge of how he acquired each book, he seemed to imply that his collection was the most meaningful to him alone. ... A collection of books, then, can contain both short-term memories for the reader and long-term memories for the collector.
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- In addition, he treats the acquisition in terms of memory, specifically how consideration of a collection involves the chaos of memories of the acquisition of its objects. Benjamin here sees collecting as a way of interweaving one's personal past with the historical past.
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