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— As opposed to the ideas of a “ unity of the sublimatory process ” and of a conceptual unity of sublimation, the author upholds the hypothesis of multiple sublimations. He identifies two principal axes: the first, that of a sublimation of “ primary origins ” connects the malleability of primitive drives, autoerotism, sexualisation and sublimation. The second, residing between sublimation and idealisation, concerns narcissism and the destruction of autoerotisms.