Littoral Environments : Arts and Subjectivity (the making of things) Text Extract/Inclusion. “Pure Presence” The enchantment of modern life: attachments, crossings, and ethics : Jane Bennett 2001. It is a commonplace that the modern world cannot be experienced as enchanted–that the very concept of enchantment belongs to past ages of superstition. Jane Bennett challenges that … Continue reading Littoral Environments : The Interplay of Ethics and Aesthetics.