Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy Audiobook Libro.fm

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

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 nonhuman animals

Avatar The Last Airbender and Philosophy brings to the fore the Eastern Western and Indigenous philosophies that are implicit in the show This volume features contributions by experts on Buddhist Daoist Confucian and Indigenous schools of thought next to focusing on Western classical authors The volume is also unique in drawing on less common traditions such as black abolitionism anarchism and the philosophy of martial arts

ATLA and Philosophy helps listeners to deeply engage with todays 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