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The article tries to analyse the reactions of some of the characters in Michel Houellebecq's “Submission” to the installation of an imaginary Islamic dictatorship in today's France. The approach draws on defense (AE) mechanisms, as described in Jerome Blackman's book “101 Defenses. How the Mind Shields Itself”. Houellebecq's novel is emblematic of the insidious ways in which ideological discourse is instilled in people's minds to become part of their personal beliefs.