Enchantment as fundamental encounter wonder and the radical reordering of subject/world

• Published in: Cultural geographies Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 581 - 595
• Main Authors: Pyyry, Noora, Aiava, Raine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Inc 01.10.2020; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Disruption; Ethics; Hopelessness; Syntactic movement; affect; enchantment; subject; suffering; encounter; wonder; event; despair

In this article, we approach enchantment as a fundamental encounter that incites new worlds. Our aim is to add to the recent discussion on enchantment as an immersive, life affirming moment. We outline enchantment as a radical reordering of the world during which there is both a profound loss of mea...