A 1955 book posits that this phenomenon affects people through an “ontogenetic” approach and that civilizations characterized by this phenomenon originate through a “phylogenetic” approach. Julia Kristeva defined the abject as facing a “primal” form of this phenomenon. (-5[1])This phenomenon’s “surplus” form derives from the performance principle, unlike its “basic” form. This phenomenon characterizes a mode of “desublimation” (15[1])caused by consumer (15[2])culture, (15[2])per (*) Herbert (10[1])Marcuse’s Eros and Civilization. The History of Sexuality critiques the “hypothesis” that sexuality has (10[1])been subject (10[1])to this phenomenon (10[1])since the 1600s. In (10[1])Civilization and Its Discontents, (10[1])Freud claims (-5[1])that civilization requires using this phenomenon on one's instincts. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])name this defense mechanism of blocking (10[2])unwanted desires or memories (10[1])from the conscious mind. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[4])