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This 4 page paper discusses three of the cases that Sacks describes in his book “An Anthropologist on Mars.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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source. Discussion The title of the book is absolutely perfect. Anthropology is the study of the way in which humans develop societies and how those societies interact. Now imagine that
an anthropologist, perhaps used to studying Early Man sites on Earth, is suddenly transported to Mars and asked to continue his work there, on the remains found on that planet.
He would be faced with something totally alien and very strange; it might even seem fantastical (in the dictionary sense of "existing in the imagination" and being unreal) not in
the Peter Jackson hobbit sense. This sense of unreality, of moving in a totally alien landscape, is a great way for Sacks to describe the encounters he has with
the people in his book, who are all impaired in some strange way that almost literally defies imagination. (Its also the way one of Sackss patients describes himself, he feels
as if hes doing anthropology on Mars.) A painter goes colorblind; a mans benign brain tumor destroys his memory so hes literally "stuck" in the 1960s; and a surgeon with
Tourettes Syndrome, which often causes involuntary tics and twitches among other symptoms, is able to continue operating. All of these conditions are statistically so rare as to be almost unknown
to science-they might as well be on Mars. Sacks methods of investigation appear to consist largely of interviewing the patient then reviewing the research to see if earlier work will
help him understand the present problem. But it goes far beyond that, because Sacks is extremely empathic and treats the people with respect and dignity. He literally goes the extra
mile to try and understand the world they live in; he is able to put himself in their place to a great extent, which is remarkable considering the severity of
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