Perhaps, but that feels like a distinct claim, rather than a reason to just lump these things together, or a reason to assert one is the rehash of another. And

Perhaps, but that feels like a distinct claim, rather than a reason to just lump these things together, or a reason to assert one is the rehash of another. And either way, the philosophy in question here is not about embodiment of platonic forms, but rather simply the agency/character of plain objects on their own terms. If you are interested at all, the book they reference is quite good, and almost certainly not what you'd expect. Ill just say it's more Deleuze than Plato :)