Sublimation Of Sexuality According To Anna Freud The Journal Psychiatric Orgone Therapy

Introduction sublimation is a psychoanalytic concept usually described as a drive destination in which there is transformation of sexual satisfaction purpose into another, of socially recognized nature

The term stems from two different ideas The aesthetic notion of the sublime. In his short glossary of freudian ideas and concepts nick rennison defines sublimation in this way Transmute and sublimate the sexual energy to strengthen spiritual aspiration You can check the process of transmutation and sublimation here! Sublimation one of the more famous but abstract concepts that freud explained was that of sublimation

This is the ability to take the sexual libido, or craving, and to direct it towards socially acceptable projects and goals Freud briefly outlines this process, which begins with childhood researches on how sex works and is then interrupted […]