Rishab Nathan, MA
Ph.D. Researcher in Psychoanalysis and Philosophy
Rishab Nathan
PhD Candidate in Psychoanalysis and Philosophy
GCAS College Dublin—The Global Centre for Advanced Studies
Ohio, United States
Biography
Rishab Nathan is a PhD researcher at GCAS College, Dublin, whose work centers on
psychoanalysis as both a practice of subjective transformation and a theoretical tool to analyze
an ill society. Working at the intersection of psychoanalysis, continental philosophy, political
theory, and the question of love, his research critically interrogates the enduring split between
theory and practice. He situates clinical psychoanalysis as the living extension of a philosophical
lineage that privileges embracing contradiction, uncertainty, and the unknown as a revolutionary
gesture. Drawing on German Idealism, Marx, Lacan, and Freud, he develops a vision of therapy
not as a private retreat from politics, but as a political act in itself.
With a background spanning academia, politics, film, and business, Rishab brings a plural
perspective to the crises of contemporary life. He holds a BA in Marketing from the University of
Pittsburgh and an MA in Psychoanalytic Theory from Antioch University, where he focused on
the work of Jacques Lacan and Sigmund Freud. Through this lens, he examines how theoretical
constructs and personal narratives remain in productive tension, forging a path toward a new
form of praxis that neither resolves nor ignores the divide between thinking and doing, but
insists on its creative potential.
Research Interests
● Psychoanalysis and Politics
● Lacanian & Freudian Psychoanalysis
● Hegelian Philosophy
● Philosophy of Therapy
● Philosophy of Love
Selected Activities
● Presenter at the Lacan Today 2024 Conference
● Presenter at the LACK Conference 2025
● Published in Ghent University’s international journal Psychoanalytische Perspectieven
(2025)
Research Supervisor Todd McGowan, PhD
Outside GCAS
Rishab lives in Columbus, OH with his wonderful family. You can find him either buried under a
pile of books, at the movie theater, or walking his dogs.