. >> i am pleased to welcome jennifer jennifer ratner rosenhagen. she taught at the university of miami history department where we were not so many years ago. jennifer's book "american nietzsche," history of an icon and its ideas was published by university of chicago press. jennifer examines how nietzsche's philosophy found a home in america. nietzsche's writing about the death of god and challenges to universal truth have inspired american thinkers, academics, philosophers, poets and others to draw on nietzsche for inspiration we learn in "american nietzsche". "american nietzsche" has been reviewed widely and positively. new york times book review editor alexander stock wrote today's inescapable and perplexing nietzsche is not the same nietzsche who inspired readers in the past. the achievement of jennifer ratner rosenhagen's "american nietzsche" shows how that is the case. the director praised her ability to help readers think more deeply and historically about nietzsche than we might have in the past. in a compelling prologue to "american nietzs

. >>> linus op east to welcome my friend, jennifer ratner-rosenhagen come to the new very deceiving. jennifer is the associate professor of history at the university of wisconsin madison. she earned her ph.d. in history at brandeis university and her b.a. from the university of rochester. prior to landing in madison, jennifer taught at the university of miami in the street where we were colleagues of so many years ago. jennifer took american legion a history of; and his ideas were just published by the university of chicago press. in the book jennifer examines how the philosophy he found a home in america. the writings about the death of god and the challenge to the universal truth of inspired american thinkers. journalists, academics, philosophers, theologians, poets and others have drawn for inspiration that we learned an american. already it's been a nobody to help the readers think deeply and more historical about neitzsche and american intellectuals than we might have in the past. it's one of the great successes of her book. in a compelling prologue to the american neitzsche, jen

. >> next on booktv, jennifer ratner-rosenhagen talks about the impact of german philosopher frederick in each nietzsche. >> i'm so pleased to welcome my friend, jennifer ratner rosen haggen, this evening. she earned her ph.d. in history at brandeis university and her ba from the university of rochester. prior to landing in mad southern, jennifer -- madison, jennifer taught at the university of miami where we were colleagues not so many years ago. jennifer's book, "american nietzsche, a history of an american icon and ideas," was just published. she examines how nietzsche's writings about the death of god and the challenge to universal truth have inspired american thinkers, journalists, academics, philosophers, theologians, poets and others have drawn on nietzsche for inspiration. "american nietzsche" already has been reviewed widely and positively. new york times book review editor alexander starr wrote: today's inescapable and perplexing nietzsche is not the same who inspired readers in the past, and it's the achievement of "american nietzsche" to show how that is case. her ability t