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  From the publisher -- The story behind  Understanding the People around You by Ekaterina Filatova I met Katya in Leningrad (St. Peterburg) through a group of her graduate students. Fans of socionics, a psychological theory that Katya brought to Russia, they had created resources for practitioners and researchers interested in the topic. At one point, I was interviewed for their primary (at the time) socionics website. Katya and I clicked quickly. Perhaps my long association with Russia and before that with the USSR helped. We had common understandings at least of Russian culture, people, and reality. She offered me free stays at a spare apartment in Leningrad -- which I never had the opportunity to take her up on, most of my trips to Russia involving Moscow or Siberia. Katya had just put out a book on socionics that was very popular in Russia, the "bible" so to speak of the socionics movement. She hoped to get it into the hands of the rest of the world, the non-Russian-spe...

What is a  book jewel ? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  Understanding the People around You , a classic by Ekaterina Filatova. Description: This book is a translation and update by the author of her popular Russian-language book on people types. The field of socionics (personality type along the lines of Jung's theories) is fully covered in this book for American readers; the author is one of the leading socionists in Russia/Europe. The examples and discussions are written at a lay level and are meant for the eve...

  What is a  book jewel ? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  Understanding the People around You , a classic by Ekaterina Filatova. Description: This book is a translation and update by the author of her popular Russian-language book on people types. The field of socionics (personality type along the lines of Jung's theories) is fully covered in this book for American readers; the author is one of the leading socionists in Russia/Europe. The examples and discussions are written at a lay level and are meant for ...