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 prolog