Post-truth as Structural Violence
Post-truth as Structural Violence

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to conceptualize post-truth as a form of structural violence in the sense proposed by Johan Galtung. The author argues that post-truth, understood as a systemic communicative environment, can result in long-term, uneven access to knowledge and a weakening of the epistemic agency of individuals and social groups. Drawing on the theories of epistemic injustice, epistemic oppression, and cognitive exploitation, the article demonstrates that post-truth not only disrupts the process of information exchange but also reproduces structural mechanisms of exclusion, deprivation, and epistemic marginalization. This phenomenon is analyzed as a form of violence that does not operate through physical coercion, but rather leads to a systemic cognitive deficit that undermines basic human needs related to understanding social reality. The article also discusses the limitations of this interpretation and its analytical potential in the context of civic and political education.

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