Edited by Hildegund Keul, Thomas Müller, Maike Schult
Editorial Board: Christian Bauer, Claudia Bruns, Jörn Müller, Caroline Schmitt, Hella von Unger, David Zimmermann
Dealing with vulnerability and striving for resilience characterise personal, social, political and religious life. At the same time, the potential of vulnerability and resilience for vulnerance – i.e. their possibly violent nature – is underestimated or suppressed. People often react to experiences of vulnerability with either vulnerance or with affection, care and solidarity. Resilience, on the other hand, develops in creative processes, but can also be generated by vulnerance and cause harm to others.
It is the task of interdisciplinary research to analyse the multiple power effects of vulnerability, resilience and vulnerance in their ambivalence and complexity. The bilingual series Vulnerabilität, Vulneranz, Resilienz / Vulnerability, Vulnerance, Resilience is dedicated to this important, socially relevant task. It analyses the aforementioned processes in relation to areas such as migration, right-wing populism, democracy, climate change, sexuality, gender and many more, and also examines the role of physical and psychological trauma.
High-quality monographs, university theses and anthologies can be submitted for consideration for inclusion in the series. They can originate from a single subject or be interdisciplinary.
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