The 'philosophy of desire' was born in 1969, Serge Gainsbourg's année érotique, when the radical psychoanalyst Félix Guattari met the philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Today, it's hard to imagine them not knowing each other, and easy to forget how unlikely their partnership was. François Dosse begins his biography of the two men with their first encounter, a year after the 'events' of 1968, which, more than anything, inspired their collaboration.

LRB 16 December 2010 | PDF Download