Good thought propositions make clear claims, so that at least experts can examine them. You seem to know all the proper nouns, adjectives, and verbs in the sentence. You know the grammar of English; You even know something about the author's style.

Despite your knowledge, you still have no clear idea of what it says.

In this case it seems intended to obscure the literal meaning of the words. If you knew what they were saying, you could just disagree.

For all you know, this could be an expanision of "Intimacies of Rock" http://csc.sagepub.com/content/16/1/75

Many publications of the social sciences are indistinguishable, by experts, from parody. This is legitimate cause for alarm.