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{{Top}}sublimate|sublimation (sublimation) In Freud's work, sublimation is a process in which the libido is channelled into apparently non-sexual activities such as artistic creation and intellectual work. Sublimation thus functions as a socially acceptable escape valve for excess sexual energy which would otherwise have to be discharged in socially unacceptable forms (perverse behaviour) or in neurotic symptoms. The logical conclusion of such a view is that complete sublimation would mean the end of all perversion and all neurosis. However, many points remain unclear in Freud's account of sublimation.{{Bottom}}
=====Sigmund Freud=====
In [[Freud]]'s [[work]], [[sublimation]] is a [[process]] in which the [[libido]] is channelled into apparently non-[[sexual]] activities such as artistic creation and [[intellectual]] work. [[Sublimation]] thus functions as a socially acceptable escape valve for [[excess]] sexual [[energy]] which would otherwise have to be [[discharged]] in socially unacceptable forms ([[perverse]] [[behavior]]) or in [[neurotic]] [[symptom]]s. The [[logical]] conclusion of such a view is that [[complete]] [[sublimation]] would mean the end of all [[perversion]] and all [[neurosis]]. However, many points remain unclear in [[Freud]]'s account of [[sublimation]].
=====Jacques Lacan =====[[Lacan]]s takes up the [[concept ]] of [[sublimation ]] in his [[seminar ]] of 1959-60. He follows [[Freud ]] in emphasising emphasizing the fact that the element of [[social ]] [[recognition ]] is central to the concept, since it is only insofar as the drives [[drive]]s are diverted towards socially valued objects this [[dimension]] of shared social values that they can be said to be sublimated (.<ref>{{S7, 107)}} p. 144</ref> It is this dimension of shared social values which allows [[Lacan ]] to tie in the concept of [[sublimation ]] with his [[discussion ]] of [[ethics (see ]].<ref>{{S7, }} p. 144). However, Lacan's account of sublimation also differs from Freud's on a number of points.</ref>
== def ===Object=====In [[Freud]]'s account, [[sublimation]] involves the redirection of the [[drive]] to a different (non-sexual) object. In [[Lacan]]'s account, however, what changes is not the object but its [[position]] in the [[structure]] of [[fantasy]].
==See Also==
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* [[Art]]
* [[Death drive]]
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* [[Drive]]
* [[Ethics]]
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* [[Fantasy]]
* [[Libido]]
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* [[Structure]]
* [[Thing]]
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