The educational discourse is dominated by a view of humanity that emphasizes strengths, resilience, and competencies. This book takes a counter perspective: that of the vulnerability and fragility of human life. Educators in the field of social pedagogy work with clients whose disadvantages cannot be easily transformed into strengths. The volume not only engages with questionable anthropological and pedagogical premises of the current educational discourse but also discusses the challenges of vulnerability for educational practice, for the recipients and professionals, as well as for their concepts and methods in educational institutions. The volume is designed as an introduction and broad orientation.