{"product_id":"avatar-the-last-airbender-and-philosophy-9781119809807","title":"Avatar The Last Airbender and Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. 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\u003eis 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Drawing Wisdom from Many Different Places viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAaron Ehasz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: “We are all one people, but we live as if divided” 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Universe of \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender \u003c\/i\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Native Philosophies and Relationality in \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender\u003c\/i\u003e: It’s (Lion) Turtles All the Way Down 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiranda Belarde-Lewis(Zuni\/Tlingit) and Clementine Bordeaux(Sicangu Oglala Lakota)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Getting Elemental: How Many Elements Are There in \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender\u003c\/i\u003e? 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSofia Ortiz-Hinojosa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Personalities of Martial Arts in \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender \u003c\/i\u003e25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZachary Isrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The End of the World: Nationhood and Abolition in \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender \u003c\/i\u003e34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Whittaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Bending World, a Bent World: Supernatural Power and Its Political Implications 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYao Lin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Water 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender \u003c\/i\u003eand Anishinaabe Philosophy 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Cloud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 “Lemur!” – “Dinner!”: Human–Animal Relations in \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender \u003c\/i\u003e63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Wawrzyniak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 On the Moral Neutrality of Bloodbending 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnathan Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 On the Ethics of Bloodbending: Why Is It So Wrong and Can It Ever Be Good? 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMike Gregory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Mystical Rationality 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsaac Wilhelm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 “I will never, \u003ci\u003eever \u003c\/i\u003eturn my back on people who need me”: Repairing the World Through Care 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole Fice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Spirits, Visions, and Dreams: Native American Epistemology and the Aang Gaang 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustin Skirry and Samuel Skirry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Earth 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Time Is an Illusion: Time and Space in the Swamp 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatalia Strok\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 There Is No Truth in Ba Sing Se: Bald-faced Lies and the Nature of Lying 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathan Kellen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Rocky Terrain of Disability Gain in \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender\u003c\/i\u003e: Is Toph a Supercrip Stereotype or a Disability Pride Icon? 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph A. Stramondo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Earth King, Ignorance, and Responsibility 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaba Fatima\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Middle Way and the Many Faces of Earth 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Arnold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Fire 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Battle Within: Confucianism and Legalism in the Nation, the Family, and the Soul 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKody W. Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Not Giving Up on Zuko: Relational Identity and the Stories We Tell 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarrett Emerick and Audrey Yap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Uncle Iroh, From Fool to Sage – Or Sage All Along? 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Schwitzgebel and David Schwitzgebel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Being Bad at Being Good: Zuko’s Transformation and Residual Practical Identities 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustin F. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Compassion and Moral Responsibility in \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender\u003c\/i\u003e: “I was never angry; I was afraid that you had lost your way” 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert H. Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Air 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Fire Nation and the United States: Genocide as the Foundation for Empire Building 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKerri J. Malloy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Anarchist Airbenders: On Anarchist Philosophy in \u003ci\u003eAvatar: The Last Airbender \u003c\/i\u003e216\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSavriël Dillingh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 A Buddhist Perspective on Energy Bending, Strength, and the Power of Aang’s Spirit 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholaos Jones and Holly Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Ahimsa and Aang’s Dilemma: “Everyone . . . [has] to be treated like they’re worth giving a chance” 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames William Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Avatar Meets the Karmapa: Interconnections, Friendship, and Moral Training 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrett Patterson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 251\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866417213783,"sku":"9781119809807","price":14.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119809807.jpg?v=1722278543","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/avatar-the-last-airbender-and-philosophy-9781119809807","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}