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distinction between nature and culture in 'Bladerunner'
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How does the existence of 'replicants' complicate the 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 sep
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