Jean-Léon Beauvois

Jean-Léon Beauvois (16 August 1943 – 8 September 2020) was a French psychologist and university professor. Alongside Robert-Vincent Joule, he wrote the book Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens, which became a bestseller in France.

Jean-Léon Beauvois
Born16 August 1943
Aix-en-Provence, France
Died8 September 2020(2020-09-08) (aged 77)
NationalityFrench
OccupationPsychologist

Biography

Beauvois conducted research as a clinical psychologist operating out of Paris, Nancy, Caen, Grenoble, and Nice. He taught at Pierre Mendès-France University.

In 2007, Beauvois worked as the scientific director for the film Le Jeu de la Mort, directed by Christophe Nick and aired on France 2.[1] Much of the film's success was attributed to Nick and Beauvois.[2]

Jean-Léon Beauvois died on 8 September 2020 at the age of 77.[3]

Publications
  • La psychologie quotidienne (1984)
  • Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens (1987)
  • La soumission librement consentie (1998)
  • Juger de la valeur sociale des personnes : les pratiques sociales d’évaluation (2004)
  • Les illusions libérales, individualisme et pouvoir social: Petit traité des grandes illusions (2005)
  • Les influences sournoises. Précis des manipulations ordinaires (2011)[4]

References
  1. "Le documentaire « Le jeu de la mort » : une critique de la télévision ?". Acrimed (in French). 22 March 2010.
  2. ""Le Jeu de la mort" : quand la télé vous manipule". Le Point (in French). 24 February 2010.
  3. "Décès de Jean-Léon Beauvois, l'homme de la manipulation". ActuaLitté (in French). 9 September 2020.
  4. "Jean-Léon Beauvois, Les influences sournoises. Précis des manipulations ordinaires". Open Edition Journals (in French). 2011.
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