{"product_id":"avatar-the-last-airbender-and-philosophy-wisdom-from-aang-to-zuko-paperback","title":"Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy: Wisdom from Aang to Zuko - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen de Cruz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohan de Smedt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould our world be a better place if some of us were benders? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Katara repair the world through care? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Toph a disability pride icon? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean for Zuko to be bad at being good? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan we tell whether uncle Iroh is a fool or a sage? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is out of sorts. The four nations, Water, Earth, Fire, and Air, are imbalanced because of the unrelenting conquest of the Fire Nation. 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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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntertwining experience and reflection, \u003ci\u003eATLA and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWould our world be a better place if some of us were benders?\u003cbr\u003e Can Katara repair the world through care? \u003cbr\u003e Is Toph a disability pride icon?\u003cbr\u003e What does it mean for Zuko to be bad at being good?\u003cbr\u003e Can we tell whether uncle Iroh is a fool or a sage?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to the fore the Eastern, Western, and Indigenous philosophies that are implicit in the show. 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The volume is also unique in drawing on less common traditions such as black abolitionism, anarchism, feminist care ethics, and the philosophy of martial arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntertwining experience and reflection, \u003ci\u003eATLA and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit \u003cb\u003ewww.andphilosophy.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHELEN DE CRUZ\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Danforth Chair in the Humanities and is a Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, Missouri. She has edited and co-edited several works of public philosophy, including \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Through Science Fiction Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHAN DE SMEDT\u003c\/b\u003e is a Research Professor (non-tenure track) at Saint Louis University, Missouri, where he is co-leading a project on oneness and interconnectedness. 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