Monologue has characterized colonial encounters since the Hellenistic empire and cost millions of lives

Evidence

In the West dialogue has played an important role in literature and philosophy since the time of the ancient Greeks and the writings of authors such as Plato and Xenophon. At the same time, the Greek notion of Barbarian sheds light on issues raised by Tempels in so far as monologue seems to have been the rule in the colonial context since the era of the Hellenistic empire. Needless to say, the lack of dialogue was conducive to the death of untold millions of humans since then. “Dialogue or Death” is the fundamental reasons why dialogue is worth of study. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 658

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s work on interrogating colonial frameworks and to broader decolonial theory; echoes the civilizing-mission critique.