1. Aristocratic Marxism defines itself in opposition to moralism. Feelings associated with powerlessness (for Spinoza, the sad affects; for Nietzsche, slave morality or ressentiment) are held to be an obstacle to the self-emancipation of the working…
I think it’s pretty clear that she’s mostly talking about the PoMo critical theory crowd that borrows a lot from Nietzsche’s aristocratic thought.
I think probably starting off with an example could help, with people unfamiliar with that type of crowd. It’s not like “oh my god i cannot believe the author would do that” thing, but probably would clarify a bit.
Deleuze, Foucault, and Zizek
I agree it would’ve been helpful to name them directly right off the bat, but she does name Foucault in the article!
That’s fair.