1st Edition
An Analysis of Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Ways in to the text
Who was Oliver Sacks?
What does The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Say?
Why does The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Matter?
Section 1: Influences
Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context
Module 2: Academic Context
Module 3: The Problem
Module 4: The Author's Contribution
Section 2: Ideas
Module 5: Main Ideas
Module 6: Secondary Ideas
Module 7: Achievement
Module 8: Place in the Author's Work
Section 3: Impact
Module 9: The First Responses
Module 10: The Evolving Debate
Module 11: Impact and Influence Today
Module 12: Where Next?
Glossary of Terms
People Mentioned in the Text
Works Cited
Biography
Dr Dario Krpan holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge. He is currently a Fellow in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics.
Dr Alexander O’Connor did his postgraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a PhD for work on social and Personality Psychology.






