I agree that this book presents easily accessible sociological information, much of it eye-opening or thought provoking concepts that we may think about in small pieces but never put together into cohesive ideas like this novel does. Though, it's more of a compiling of sociological data, research, and writings presented by Zeruvabel with many of his own coined terms and ideas. However, as with many of his writings, his excessive use of examples tends to be more hindering than helpful, as it becomes overwhelming, and more annoyingly so, repetitive. Over all this book was an easy read, and half of it is dedicated to notes and references, as it is a work of analysis with many other peoples' contributions. It was interesting, but capable of being skimmed after the initial concepts of each chapter were understood.
Accessibly written piece of sociological imagination. However, too many examples mostly blur explanation and even some of them are not that applicable as the author claims. But still interesting perspective on cognition and social order.