Albert J Bergesen

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Books

• Bergesen, A. J. (2014). “World War II: What Does It Tell Us about Future Great Power Wars?”. Verlag.
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  Critique of theories of the origins of WWII; presentation of a new theory; use of said theory to estimate chances of WWIII.

Chapters

• Bergesen, A. J. (2016). Jihad. In Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalizatioin(pp 1219-1222). West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. doi:2016
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  This is a general introduction to the idea of Jihad prepared for an encyclopedia of globalization.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013). The New Surgical Colonialism: China, Africa, and Oil". In Sociology and Empire: The Imperial Entanglements of a Discipline(pp 300-318). Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Journals/Publications

• Bergesen, A. J. (2017). Albert J. Bergesen, “From Descriptive Taxonomies to a Generative Model of World-System Development” . Vol. 8 No. 1,2017. Pp. 65–77.. Journal of Globalization Studies, 8(1), 65-77.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2017). Stanford’s Perfect Storm. Journal of World-System Research jwsr.org | DOI 10.5195/JWSR.2017.722. , 23(2), on line. doi:10.5195/JWSR.2017.722
• Bergesen, A. J. (2016). How to Sociologically Read a Movie. The Sociological Quarterly, 57, 585-596.
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  A methodological approach is proposed based upon foreground/background ideas in art history to analyzing the ideological content of movies in general with two specific examples being given. This provides a general tool that can be used by all students interested in strip mining cultural themes from cinematic experiences.
• Bergesen, A. J., & Hout, M. (2013). Andrew M. Greeley. ASA Footnotes, 41(6), 17-18.
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  obit for Andy Greeley

Presentations

• Bergesen, A. J. (2016, March). Genomic Foundations of World-System Phenotypes. Workshop on Systemic Boundaries: Time Mapping Globalization since the Bronze Age. Saturday March 5, 2016. Sponsored by the International Studies Association and the Institute for Research on World-Systems University of California-Riverside. UC Riverside: International Studies Association and the Institute for Research on World-Systems University of California-Riverside..
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  This paper argues that present world-system analysis focuses too much upon each and every new historical twist and turn such that it is chasing its tail as there is always one new development, social type, mode of production, and what not. It is argued that other sciences pass through this taxonomic stage to go on to more mature theoretical development, where classification and typology give way to generative theory. Examples of a theoretical generative procedure to yield the 19th century Atlantic economy is provided.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2016, September). Theological Foundations of Lone Wolf Islamist Terrorism. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Intelligence and Informatics Conference. UA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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  Analogies with the deep asceticism of radical Protestantism during the Reformation are made with the asceticism of radical Islam that fuels suicide bombers today.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013, April). The Oceanic Foundations of World-System Hegemony.”. Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association. San Francisco: International Studies Association.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013, April). “World War II: What Have We Learned About Global Conflict?”. Annual Meeting of the Political Economy of World-Systems Section of the American Sociological Association and the World Society Foundation Award of Excellence Program for Research Papers on World Society. UC Riverside: World Society Foundation and the American Sociological Association.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013, August). “Andrew M. Greeley’s Contributions to the Sociology of Culture”. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. New York City: American Sociological Association.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013, August). “Language and Violence.”. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York City: American Sociological Association.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013, August). “The Geopolitics of Geopolitics.”. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. New York City: American Sociological Association.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013, August). “WWII: Was it a Wallersteinian Hegemonic Succession War?”. Comparative-Historical and Political Sociology Mini-Conference. New York City: Comparative-Historical Section of the American Sociological Association.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013, January). The End of the 500 Year Reign of Western Radical Thought”. Freedom Center Colloquium Series, University of Arizona. UA: UA Freedom Center Colloquium Series.
• Bergesen, A. J. (2013, November). “Three World-Systems”,. Brown Bag Series, School of Sociology, UA. School of Sociology, UA: School of Sociology, UA.

Reviews

• Bergesen, A. J. (2010. Book review of The Making of a Human Bomb: Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance.
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  ;Full Citation: Book review of The Making of a Human Bomb: Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance. By Nasser Abufarha. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2009. Pp. 239. $84.95 (cloth); $23.95 (paper). volume 116, number 1 (July 2010) of the American Journal of Sociology.;

Creative Productions

• Bergesen, A. J. (2013. The research and theoretical contributions of UA Professor Linda Molm to social psychology. The School of Sociology, UA. School of Sociology, UA: School of Sociology, UA.
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  Professor Lynn Smith Lovin from Duke, Professor Jessica Collett from the University of Notre Dame, Professor David Shafter from Arizona State University, and Professor Cecilia Ridgeway from Stanford University, were invited to UA to discuss the intellectual contributions of Professor Linda Mold to the field of social psychology.

Others

• Bergesen, A. J. (2016, November). Early Days of UA Center for Creative Photography. “Voices” a biographic series on photographers at the Center for Creative Photography, UA..
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  Interviewed and video archived at CCP about the early days of the Center for Creative Photography for “Voices” a biographic series on photographers at the Center for Creative Photography, UA. Focused upon a conference, "The Photograph as Cultural Object" organized by the CCP and the UA department of sociology.