This paper is a literature review that covers a series of articles available in the University of Rosario database, published between 2006 and 2016. A total of 52 articles were reviewed. The concept of sublimation is presented according to psychoanalysis, which has been investigated in areas such as religion, philosophy, art, culture and in some cases where it is evidenced; Conclusions about this concept are presented for the last 10 years.
