Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy

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Philosophy has had a public relations problem for a few centuries now. This series aims to change that, showing that philosophy is relevant to your life – and not just for answering the big questions like “To be or not to be?” but for answering the little questions: “To watch or not to watchSouth Park?” Thinking deeply about TV, movies, and music doesn’t make you a “complete idiot.” In fact it might make you a philosopher, someone who believes the unexamined life is not worth living and the unexamined cartoon is not worth watching.Avatar: the Last Airbender and Philosophy benefits from its authors’ breadth of experiences and philosophical insights. Their experiences directly bear on their work; for example, two chapters that explore the bending arts ofATLAin detail are written by martial artists experienced in Chinese and Japanese martial arts. Other authors advocate for disability rights and Black abolitionism. Three of the chapters in this volume are written by Indigenous authors.This intertwining of experience, identity, andreflection illustrates how philosophy helps us deal with enduring problems that have no easy solutions.InATLA,sage individuals in conversation with Team Avatar can come to reasonable solutions to these problems. Their philosophies can help us imagine alternative futures and better ways of life in our world too.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- (eds.)
Helen De Cruz
Johan De Smedt - Language
- English
- Series
- Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series
- Release date
- 2022