Miłosz's gravedigger figure from "Moral Treatise" as a metaphor for Putin

An essay revisits the figure of the Gravedigger from Czesław Miłosz's "Moral Treatise" — a recurring archetype across historical eras who believes he may bury the old world to build a new one upon his victims' bones. The author argues this figure is today impossible not to associate with Vladimir Putin. The piece frames Miłosz's poem as a timeless warning about destructive ideological power.