Critical Review: Franco Berardi's 'Thinking Gaza' Lacks Material Engagement with Palestinian Reality
By
Jake Romm
23d ago· 19 min readenInsight
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Summary
This article is a critical analysis and review of Franco Berardi's book 'Thinking Gaza.' The author argues that Berardi's philosophical approach fails to adequately address the reality of the genocide in Gaza, treating it as an abstract intellectual exercise rather than engaging with the concrete political and historical context of Palestinian liberation. The piece contends that Berardi's work represents a failure of intellectual solidarity, prioritizing theoretical sophistication over material analysis of settler colonialism, apartheid, and ongoing genocide.
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· 3 pulledGaza is the compass.
Gaza is the place—and the event—in reference to which we must orient our actions, our thoughts, our lives.
It is the most important place in the world right now, because the genocide taking place in all of historic Palestine, with Gaza as its most brutal flashpoint.
Gaza is the compass. These words—emblazoned on large banners at the 2025 People’s Conference For Palestine in Detroit, and frequently invoked by comrades in the Palestinian Youth Movement at speeches and rallies—contain a truth with which so much of the w
