DOI: https://doi.org/10.36719/2706-6185/55/140-147
Labiod Benali
University of Oran 1 (Algeria)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-2281
benali.labioudh@isci.u-zitouna.tn
The Structure of the Family in a Consumerist Sphere:
Between the 'Value of Freedom' in Digital Space
and the Guarantees of Religion
Abstract
This study seeks to address the structural features of the 'value of freedom' within a complex value network established by late capitalism. Within this context, freedom has been subjected to cultural and ideological tensions, giving rise to transmuted and reductive connotations often described as 'libertarian freedom'. The research focuses on the impact of these representations on the family-the most vital existential and human structure-which currently undergoes profound sociological transformations within a digital consumerist space driven by digital space. In this 'liquid space', religion emerges as a challenging factor and a foundational reference capable of confronting the value liquidity inherently linked to the modern notion of freedom.
Consequently, this study aims to demonstrate how religion-through its philosophical foundational perspective-interacts with the value of freedom and employs it to regulate the family structure, safeguarding it against the ethical and value-based challenges created by the contemporary consumerist and digital landscape.
Keywords: value of freedom, family structure, consumerist sphere, digital space, religion