Rethinking Dogtooth (2009) and The Lobster (2015) in the Context of Post- Truth
in: Navigating Public Security in the Age of Post-Truth: Challenges and Implications, IGI Global, pp.141-165, 2026
- Publication Type: Book Chapter / Chapter Research Book
- Publication Date: 2026
- Doi Number: 10.4018/979-8-3373-6786-6.ch006
- Publisher: IGI Global
- Page Numbers: pp.141-165
- Police Academy Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This chapter examines Yorgos Lanthimos's films Dogtooth (2009) and The Lobster (2015) in the context of post-truth, focusing on how family and intimate relationships function as a mechanisms of power and symbolic domination. Rather than approach-ing intimacy as a natural or autonomous domain, the study conceptualizes family and romantic bonds as socially constructed fields in which truth and legitimacy are produced through narrative repetition and emotional manipulation. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, field, symbolic violence, and marriage strategies, this chapter analyzes how authority reconstructs reality within social systems. Using qualitative content analysis, the study demonstrates that post-truth operates not only in political discourse but also within the most intimate relationships, revealing cinema's capacity to expose the erosion of truth in every aspects of life.