The Tyranny of Masculine Creation and the Potency of a Replicant Adam and Eve Mythology: Postsecular Critique of Materialism in the Blade Runner Films

David Hogsette

The Tyranny of Masculine Creation and the Potency of a Replicant Adam and Eve Mythology: Postsecular Critique of Materialism in the Blade Runner Films

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Abstract

Analysis of the two Blade Runner films, arguing that the references to myth, namely the Adam and Eve narrative from the Old Testament, function intertextually to provide a postsecular critique of naturalism, philosophical materialism, and scientism.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	American Literature Association Conference - Boston, United States Duration: 17 May 2019 → …

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Conference	American Literature Association Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	17/05/19 → …

Keywords

Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Literature analysis
film analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Literature and Literary Theory

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