Oliver Sacks

Hallucinations

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Produktbeschreibung

Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. People with migraines may see shimmering arcs of light or tiny, Lilliputian figures of animals and people. People with failing eyesight, paradoxically, may become immersed in a hallucinatory visual world. Hallucinations can be brought on by a simple fever or even the act of waking or falling asleep, when people have visions ranging from luminous blobs of color to beautifully detailed faces or terrifying ogres. Those who are bereaved may receive comforting visits from the departed. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one's own body. Here, with his usual elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Dr. Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gale
• Seitenzahl: 427
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781594136498
• ISBN-10: 1594136491
• Artikelnr.: 38026360

Autorenporträt

Oliver Sacks is a practicing physician and the author of 10 books, including "The Mind's Eye," "Musicophilia, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "Awakenings" (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film). He lives in New York City, where he is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and the first Columbia University Artist.

© Dirk Reinartz

Rezensionen

'Oliver Sacks is a neurologist, a man of humane eloquence, and a genuine communicator' Observer