ABSTRACT
This chapter concludes the inquiry into the legacy of the Heideggerian definition of language as “the home of the essence of the human being” (Heidegger) in the critical theory of Foucault and Agamben. If the human of meta-physical humanism is more than a living creature, the human of critical theory is less than a living. By embracing this “less” (Heidegger), the human being can join the mundane and profane “paradise of language” (Agamben). However, to enter the gates of heaven, human beings have to abandon the belief that they are living creatures, because no natural or supernatural dimension can account for their essence. This chapter verifies whether it is possible to consider the conception of the human being proper to this critical theory as really profane and mundane.
