Astronomers of the inward: on the histories and case histories of Alexander Luria and Oliver Sacks

Autor:	Hannah Proctor
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Psychoanalysis media_common.quotation_subject Philosophy Politics Political science Mainstream Distressing Political philosophy Consciousness Soviet union Law History general Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common
Zdroj:	Studies in East European Thought. 74:39-55
ISSN:	1573-0948 0925-9392
DOI:	10.1007/s11212-021-09418-1
Popis:	This essay discusses the brief but extensive correspondence Soviet neuro-psychologist Alexander Luria exchanged with his younger American colleague Oliver Sacks between 1973 and 1977, the year Luria died. Sacks, whose case histories went on to become mainstream bestsellers, always expressed his indebtedness to Luria, whose warm and detailed approach to writing about his patients’ peculiar and sometimes distressing neurological conditions inspired Sacks. This essay explores this influence but also probes distinctions between the two scientists’ understandings of human consciousness tied to the very different social and political contexts in which they conducted their clinical research.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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