the tenor of a notion

Question

1. Does " the tenor of a notion" mean "the goal and consequence of a notion"?

2. Does the highlighted sentence mean "that can be interpreted as having social implications"?

Context:

Lefebvre may here be reiterating the tenor of a notion he had previously identified as that of the ‘momentary’ experience of everyday urban incidents read as having social implications.

GPY · Accepted Answer

1. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/tenor :

tenor: The general meaning, sense, or content of something:

2. "that are interpreted as having social implications".

Catttt · Answer

So these are "everyday urban incidents" that are interpreted as having social implications", yes?

GPY · Answer

Yes, or the experience of them. It is not clear to me whether it means:

the ‘momentary’ experience of / everyday urban incidents read as having social implications

or

the ‘momentary’ experience of everyday urban incidents / read as having social implications

Edit: probably it is the latter.

the tenor of a notion

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