Gli stereotipi e la tensione tra vulnerabilità e autonomia

This commentary on the essay proposed by Federico José Arena aims to deepen the analysis of stereotypes as generalizations offered by the Author from a cognitive perspective. Then, it presents a discussion of the Author’s approach to stereotypes, in particular regarding the limitation of the ‘legitimacy control’ only to vulnerable groups. Lastly, it highlights some of the difficulties on the use of the concept of autonomy associated with the phenomena of oppression and social influence.