Meaning of parapornography | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Literary work that is about sex or eroticism.
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2. Popularizations of parapsychology that lack any scientific merit.
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Examples

“Sexuality in the realm of parapornography is not a place⟳ of humanist truths and psychological meaning (a vision of sexuality that dovetails all-too-neatly with the neo-liberal vision of the atomized, rationalist self) but rather an event that destroys 'meaning and identity through a mechanical repetition.'”

“In a painstaking takedown of Baker's “parapornography” in the London Review⟳ of Books, acknowledging its cleverness along with its suspect⟳ ethic, novelist-critic Adam Mars-Jones sees The Fermata as a book–being ultimately and only about masturbation–that is likely, in his clinching line, "to give⟳ self-abuse a bad name⟳."”

“In a recent interview for De Telegraaf, Johnson told me ESP was not an established fact, and he expressed eagerness for close⟳ cooperation with professional magicians in his battle against "parapornography."”

“The pervading presence of parapornography has considerably complicated the scientific debate⟳ over "the Paranormal" – to the point⟳ where proponents and opponents frequently exhibit nothing but utter confusion when asked to explain⟳ precisely what they disagree about.”

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