. >>> next on book tv, jennifer ratner-rosenhagen talks about the impact of german philosopher fredric nietzsche. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> i'm so pleased to welcome my friend jennifer ratner-rosenhagen to the newberry this evening. jennifer is the associate professor of history at the university of wisconsin madison. sheeran her ph.d. in history at brandeis university and her b.a. from the university of rochester. prior to landing, jennifer taught at the university of miami in the history department where we were colleagues not so many years ago. jennifer's book, "american nietzsche: a history of an icon and his ideas" stock quote was published by university chicago press and jenifer examines how the philosophy found a home in america. nietzsche's writing about the death of god and challenge to universal truth have inspired american thinkers, journalists, academics, philosophers, theologians, poets and others have drawn on nietzsche we learned in "american nietzsche." "american nietzsche" has been reviewed widely and positively. "the new york times" book editor wrote to