Whether identity lives in body or language is a genuine contested philosophical question.

Evidence

The body is the only home that a human being has,” Heinrich claimed categorically. I contradicted him. “Language is essentially more important. Only in language can you be at home.” “Language alienates man from himself.” He argued. “Man is a being without name.” — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 730

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: A dense exchange — body as only home vs. language as home vs. language as alienation — that could anchor an essay on the housing of identity.