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The aim of this series is to stimulate debate on non-proliferation and disarmament in the current international context, where the presence and the spread of weapons of mass destruction continue to pose a serious threat to world peace and security. The series seeks to disseminate the best scholarship by established experts and promote the research of outstanding scholars at the initial stages of their careers. The series takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of non-proliferation and disarmament, featuring work from history to political science and from law to science and technology, as well as work that bridges these and other related fields. It includes textbooks, research-based monographs, and edited volumes. All publications undergo rigorous peer-review based on an initial screening by the editors and anonymous refereeing by independent experts.

Concern for oneself, for others and for the environment plays a significant role in both individuals’ lives and social institutions. This series publishes studies which explain the various dimensions of the concept of concern from the point of view of theology, social theory, cultural hermeneutics, anthropology or normative ethics and, where appropriate, attempt to critically evaluate or justify them. Starting from this specific field of research but also taking into account possible links to other subject areas, the studies in this series examine relevant epistemological and practical perspectives found in the interplay between the factuality, limitation and unleashing of concern. Their aim in doing this is to address the questions of how concern manifests itself as an existential constant among humans today and which methods can be employed to deal with it. In this respect, the editors welcome studies from a variety of fields and in different languages for publication in this series.