Tempels grounded his interculturally respectful method in direct interpersonal encounter rather than doctrine

Evidence

Tempels’s stance on dialogue is clearly expressed through the conceptual apparatus he deploys. He uses a variety of terms, including encounter, listening and dialogue itself. Tempels talks constantly about “respect,” “le contact vivant,” and a direct contact man to man which generates “interpersonal tension” and hence leads to genuine “understanding, sympathy, and love.” — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 650

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes dialogical philosophy of Buber and Levinas; connects to the reader’s wider interest in how encounter grounds knowledge.