Would our world be a better place if some of us were benders? Can
Katara repair the world through care? Is Toph a disability pride
icon? What does it mean for Zuko to be bad at being good? Can we
tell whether uncle Iroh is a fool or a sage? The world is out of
sorts. The four nations, Water, Earth, Fire, and Air, are
imbalanced because of the unrelenting conquest of the Fire Nation.
The only one who can restore balance to the world is the Avatar. On
the face of it, Avatar: The Last Airbender is a story about a lone
superhero. However, saving the world is a team effort, embodied in
Team Avatar, aka the Gaang. Aang needs help from his friends and
tutors, even from non-human animals. Through the teachings of Guru
Pathik and Huu he comes to realize that though the world and its
nations seem separate, we are all one people. We all have the same
roots and we are all branches of the same tree. Avatar: The Last
Airbender and Philosophy brings to the fore the Eastern, Western,
and Indigenous philosophies that are implicit in the show.
Following Uncle Iroh's advice that it is important to draw wisdom
from many traditions, this volume features contributions by experts
on Buddhist, Daoist, Confucian, and Indigenous schools of thought,
next to focusing on Western classical authors such as Plotinus,
Kant, and Merleau-Ponty. The volume is also unique in drawing on
less common traditions such as black abolitionism, anarchism, and
the philosophy of martial arts. Intertwining experience and
reflection, ATLA and Philosophy helps readers to deeply engage with
today's burning questions, such as how to deal with ecological
destruction, the aftermath of colonialism and genocide, and wealth
inequality, using the tools from a wide range of philosophical
traditions.
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