distinction between nature and culture in 'Bladerunner'

Replicants, engineered to be "more human than human", blur the distinction between nature and culture by the very success of their humanity. We need to have a clear understanding of what is meant by the terms nature and culture. In the introduction to his book, Schelde believes culture to be "a distinctive human domain" . He believes humans have a need to define, to conquer the unknown, to be in control of their surroundings. The result of this is culture. Culture is "an attempt to carve some kind of order out of the vast chaos that is nature." Nature then, is that which is unknown, uncontrollable, that which exists beyond and separate from human interaction. Throughout history humans have assigned symbols and meanings to everything in their surroundings and have tried to convert the unknown nature into their own, cultural terms.

In the opening crawl of the film it says "The Nexus 6 Replicants were superior in strength and agility, and at least equal in intelligence, to the genetic engineers who created them." The Nexus 6 Replicants are genetically engineered beings composed of organic substances and are nearly indist

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Approximate Word count = 1922
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)