The Renunciation of Beatrice: The Desecration of Femininity as a Rejection of the Sacred
This essay examines the pervasive normalization of obscene language within modern urban discourse as a form of profound metaphysical and anthropological degradation. Focusing on the loss of linguistic decorum among men in the presence of women, the author argues that profanity represents a violent intrusion into the sacred boundaries of feminine nature and a symbolic destruction of cultural distance. Utilizing the archetypal image of Dante’s Beatrice, the article conceptualizes this linguistic shifts as a collective "renunciation of Beatrice"—a rejection of the Eternal Feminine as a conduit to the Divine Logos. The philosophical framework traces this theme through the religious philosophy of the Russian Silver Age (V. Solovyov, A. Blok) and the cinematic aesthetic of Andrei Tarkovsky, demonstrating how sacred silence is systematically replaced by the entropic cacophony of the street. Contrasting the spiritual vertical of high art with the "Musical Hell" of Hieronymus Bosch, the text functions as an intellectual manifesto, calling for a return to linguistic self-restraint and the creative rigor of Peter the Great as crucial prerequisites for reclaiming masculine sovereignty over chaos.
Authors
- Marta Vakhtina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2171-2800)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21509820
- Primary Topic
- Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
- Type
- preprint