

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN – THE MATTERING INSTINCT
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The acclaimed philosopher-novelist shares her paradigm-shifting work exploring humanity’s most fundamental desire: the longing to matter.About this EventJoin award-winning philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein for a conversation on The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us. She will be joined in conversation by novelist–psychotherapist Yael Goldstein-Love.Drawing on biology, psychology, and philosophy, Goldstein argues that our need to matter – and the “mattering projects” it inspires – shapes our greatest achievements as well as our most painful conflicts. Through vivid portraits of figures ranging from Scott Joplin and William James to ordinary individuals whose lives were transformed by their search for significance, she reveals how this instinct influences identity, relationships, culture, and politics.Decades in the making, The Mattering Instinct offers a far-reaching exploration of why we seek meaning and recognition – and how understanding this universal drive may help us bridge divides and better understand one another. It’s a fascinating take on a profound yet little-understood aspect of the human psyche.Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including Plato at the Googleplex, The Mind-Body Problem, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God, and Betraying Spinoza. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Yael Goldstein-Love is the author of Overture/The Passion of Tasha Darsky and The Possibilities, a critically acclaimed speculative novel about motherhood and the multiverse. She is a psychotherapist focusing on the transition to parenthood and co-founder of the literary studio Plympton.Questions? Email support@jccsf.org
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-francisco/rebecca-newberger-goldstein-the-mattering-instinct/100001978327130703
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, fine-arts
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 26.73, max: 26.73, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: San Francisco
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
- **lat**: 37.78733709999999
- **long**: -122.4472635
- **full address**: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San Francisco, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San Francisco, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN – THE MATTERING INSTINCT ?
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