ABSTRACT
The overarching question in this chapter is the definition of the biological dimension of human being within the Heideggerian “turn” and its legacy. At stake in the “turn” is the disappearance of ontoanthropology. Derrida neatly encapsulates Heidegger’s ontoanthropological interpretation of human biology when he notes that Dasein “is never defined essentially as a living thing.” How does the relationship between human beings and their biological dimension change (if it does), once ontoanthropology vanishes? By answering this question, this chapter will examine the Heideggerian definition(s) of human being in relation to the biopolitical thought of Agamben and Foucault.
