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Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy
- Wisdom from Aang to Zuko (Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)
- Narrated by: Tegan Ashton Cohan, Diontae Black
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
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 non-human 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 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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- Davie
- 12-10-23
MY CABBAGES!
First off let's get right to the point - this book is REALLY good as it delves into the world of avatar, makes comparisons to our world, talks about buddhism, anarchism, martial arts, wars and so much more. I learned a lot while listening.
Now, let's talk about the elephant in the room - the narration. Firstly Diontae Black narrates most of this book and he's a fantastic narrator, you can tell he truly loves the avatarverse and he should have read the entire book. The editing was a bit off with his narration though as there's no pauses in between new paragraphs or chapters - this is definitely more to do with editing rather than his narration as near the end of the book a few of his words are cut early. My main issue is Tegan Ashton Cohan, oh my god I've never heard a worse narrator in my life and unfortunately she reads the first hour or so of this book and then jumps back in every now and again. She sounds like an AI robot, so I tried to search her online and what I found was an actress that sounds NOTHING like this narrator which leads me to believe that one of the narrators of this book is an AI robot and it's REALLY noticeable. She ruins every chapter she reads! Why oh why couldn't Diontae read this entire book is beyond me.
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