Readers can certainly find excuses for thinking so.
But since she uses such techniques better than almost any other writer today, Susan Sontag cannot be called fashionable, any more than a statue can be called statuesque. She's simply there, thoroughly herself. Where she is can best be seen in her own words. Therefore, art comes to be considered something to be overthrown. Like all moralists, Miss Sontag hopes to inspire readers with the desire to act upon her principles.