Dr. Castelfranchi is a full professor of "Cognitive Sciences" (General Psychology) at the University of Siena, Department of Communication Science since 2001, in addition to being the Director of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the National Research Council (ISTC-CNR) in Rome from 2002-2011.
1. Tutelary Relationships Theory: From Daddy to Political Power.- 2. Tutelary Relations: definition and grounding.- 3. Tutelarity as a form of 'Goal-Adoption' based on 'Dependency'.- 4. Faces and Minds of Tutelage Relation.- 5. The Nature of Power and its Complex Dynamics.- 6. Misleading or Ideological Perspectives.- 7. Tutelary Nature of Norms and Normative Education.- 8. Possible Dangers and Ambivalence of Tutelarity and Assistance.- 9. Tutelarity and Trust Problems in Democracy.