The Rhetoric of Inquiry in International Relations: A Hermeneutic Investigation Into the Forms of Argumentation in International Relations Meta-Theory

ISBN-13: 9780367703974 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 196 str.

Torsten Michel

Opis

This book argues that our current lack of recognising and understanding the different forms meta-theorising takes, hampers the ways in which fruitful engagement between meta-theories can be conducted.

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Three Images of Meta-Theory in International Relations: Reflexive Engagement, Scholasticism, and Paradigmatism

Chapter 2 – 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