Lindokuhle Shabane
Long-Term Fellow
July 2025 – June 2026
Bio
Lindokuhle Shabane is a doctoral researcher in philosophy at the University of Bremen, Germany. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (2016), an Honours degree in Social Arts (2019), and a Master of Social Sciences in History (2020–2021), all from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
His research spans the history of philosophy, African philosophy, epistemology, and the philosophy of logic, with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. He engages philosophically in English, isiZulu and related languages, and French.
Shabane has published on conceptual decolonization and the political implications of logical contradiction, including the article “Conversational thinking as a method of conceptual decolonization: Arumaruka” (2021), and co-authored “Fear of explosion: or how logical contradiction can be weaponized politically” with Eva Arnaszus.
Research
History of Philosophy, African Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Logic
Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa
Languages
English, IsiZulu (and cognates), French
Articles
“Conversational Thinking as a Method of Conceptual Decolonization,” in: Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking 1 (2021).
“Fear of Explosion: Or, How Logical Contradiction Can Be Weaponized Politically” (with Eva Arnaszus), in: Interkulturelle Theologie
50/2 (2024), Polyphone Epistemologien, pp. 9-30.
