Torsten Michel is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Bristol. His main research interests lie in IR (meta-)theory, particularly focussing on the role and nature of ontology, rhetoric and translation in (meta-)theoretical debates. He has published widely in leading journals including the Review of International Studies and the European Journal of International Relations and authored a number of book chapters on various aspects of meta-theoretical practice in International Relations.

• Introduction  Chapter 1 – Three Images of Meta-Theory in International Relations: Reflexive Engagement, Scholasticism, and Paradigmatism  Chapter 2 – The Rhetoric of Inquiry: On the Relation Between Form and Content in IR Meta-Theory  Chapter 3 – Logics of Argumentation: Monism, Pluralism, Displacement and Diversity  Chapter 4 – Styles of Argumentation: Dogmatism, Pragmatics, Deconstruction and Hermeneutics  Chapter 5 – Meta-Theorising and Competing Conceptions Of ‘The Real’  Chapter 6 – understanding and the ethos of conversation  Conclusion

Torsten Michel is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Bristol. His main research interests lie in IR (meta-)theory, particularly focussing on the role and nature of ontology, rhetoric and translation in (meta-)theoretical debates. He has published widely in leading journals including the Review of International Studies and the European Journal of International Relations and authored a number of book chapters on various aspects of meta-theoretical practice in International Relations.

• Introduction  Chapter 1 – Three Images of Meta-Theory in International Relations: Reflexive Engagement, Scholasticism, and Paradigmatism  Chapter 2 – The Rhetoric of Inquiry: On the Relation Between Form and Content in IR Meta-Theory  Chapter 3 – Logics of Argumentation: Monism, Pluralism, Displacement and Diversity  Chapter 4 – Styles of Argumentation: Dogmatism, Pragmatics, Deconstruction and Hermeneutics  Chapter 5 – Meta-Theorising and Competing Conceptions Of ‘The Real’  Chapter 6 – understanding and the ethos of conversation  Conclusion

Torsten Michel is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Bristol. His main research interests lie in IR (meta-)theory, particularly focussing on the role and nature of ontology, rhetoric and translation in (meta-)theoretical debates. He has published widely in leading journals including the Review of International Studies and the European Journal of International Relations and authored a number of book chapters on various aspects of meta-theoretical practice in International Relations.

• Introduction  Chapter 1 – Three Images of Meta-Theory in International Relations: Reflexive Engagement, Scholasticism, and Paradigmatism  Chapter 2 – The Rhetoric of Inquiry: On the Relation Between Form and Content in IR Meta-Theory  Chapter 3 – Logics of Argumentation: Monism, Pluralism, Displacement and Diversity  Chapter 4 – Styles of Argumentation: Dogmatism, Pragmatics, Deconstruction and Hermeneutics  Chapter 5 – Meta-Theorising and Competing Conceptions Of ‘The Real’  Chapter 6 – understanding and the ethos of conversation  Conclusion