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Glover, E. Sublimation, Substitution and Social Anxiety.—Glover gives another of his penetrating and useful contributions, the first part of which traces the history of the conception of sublimation as it appeared to the year 1923. He summarizes his notes on this as follows: “We started to discuss the state of opinion regarding sublimation up to 1923. This includes definition, description of psychic mechanism and relation to other psychic manifestations. Scant attention has been paid to the modifications undergone by the energies involved, because this aspect belongs more properly to the second phase, viz., from 1923 to the present day. Little has been added since 1923 to the more general aspects of sublimation. The first and inevitable conclusion must be that the concept of sublimation as originally stated involves a considerable amount of confusion; extrication from this confusion is still necessary. As regards mechanism, nothing exclusively characteristic of sublimation has been produced. If sublimation be reduced to terms of displacement, there seems no great point in retaining a tautological expression. If cultural valuation be insisted on a simple definition of ‘aim deviation’ is not satisfactory. A cultural factor might be introduced, but this implies a complex of mechanisms and psychoanalysis is not in a position to indicate any exact boundary to this complex formation. Moreover, if substitution elements be included in sublimation there are difficulties in distinguishing the latter from other organized substitutions (either characterological or symptomatic). And then there is confusion as to