本书为当代西方著名思想家法国人巴迪欧的代表作，是其在1999-2000年间在法兰西学院的演讲集

"Pocket Pantheon" is an invitation to engage with the greats of Western postwar though, such as Lacan, Sartre and Foucault, in the company of one of today's leading political and philosophical minds. Alain Badiou draws on his encounters with this pantheon - his teachers, opponents and allies - to offer unique insights into both the authors and their work. These studies form an accessible, authoritative distillation of continental theory and a capsule history of a period in Western thought.

《爱的多重奏》是法国当代著名哲学家阿兰•巴迪欧与《世界报》记者尼古拉•特吕翁以 “爱”为主题的公开谈话录。巴迪欧批判西方流行的“爱”的观念，坚持某种理想主义，而这背后映现的也是他所主张的哲学观与关于更美好的理想社会的设想。