The author's scholarly intuition, which sometimes cuts across the work's declared aims, notes and delineates a tendency, a set of problems which are obviously going to dictate the pattern of Nietzsche reception in Russia during the next few years. -Julia Sineokaya, New Nietzsche Studies Rosenthal's exploration of the `psychopolitical utility to myth' (113) in New Myth, New World serves ... Read moreas a timely and thought-provoking guide through a key portion of this new territory. The reader will have to work through Rosenthal's dense prose, close reasoning, and occasional bursts of associative analogy, but the reader will not be disappointed. This is an excellent work. -Maria Carlson, Slavic and East European Journal In her third book on Nietzsche and Russia, Rosenthal documents the persistence of Nietzsche in Russia's history in a recondite and kaleidoscopic way. Her command of the topic shows. . . . Highly recommended. -A. Ezergailis, Choice In New Myth, New World: From Nietzsche to Stalinism, Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal proposes a refreshing, unconventional approach to Nietzsche's heritage, and demonstrates how ideas have a life of their own, influencing, in arcane ways, trends that may be the opposite of what their proponents claim.Professor Rosenthal's book is an exercise in cultural archeology: she excavates long-forgotten or neglected themes, symbols, ideas that have permeated various trends of the Russian tradition from the populists to the Bolsheviks. -Vladimir Tismaneanu, Times Literary Supplement Rosenthal's mastery of the often intricate details of Russian and Soviet political thought is truly impressive and contributes dramatically to the credibility of her thesis. Her work will force scholars to reevaluate not only Nietzsche's influence on twentieth-century thought but also the origins of Soviet culture. Anyone who wants to understand the evolution of Marxist-Leninist thought, in all of its manifestations, would do well to read New Myth, New World. -Russel Lemmons, History: Reviews of New Books New Myth, New World: From Nietzsche To Stalinism by Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal is a thoughtful and scholarly reinterpretation of Nietzsche's lasting influence upon Soviet culture. -Wisconsin Bookwatch New Myth, New World is an original and provocative reinterpretation of Nietzsche's central impact on Soviet culture. Rosenthal has read widely and deeply in primary sources running from philosophy, religion, and poetics to political ideology, architecture, and street theater. In addition, she seems to know all the relevant scholarship, not just in English and Russian but also in German and French and other languages as well. This is a model of wide-ranging, well-informed historical research. -John Burt Foster, George Mason University Show Less