World Socionics

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), also known as Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese revolutionary, general, and President of the Republic of China from 1927 until his defeat at the hands of Mao Zedong ( EIE ) in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, after which he and his government fled to the island of Taiwan, which he ruled until his death in 1975. First taking part as a military leader in the Xinhai revolution against the Qing dynasty in 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen, Chiang rose through the ranks of the nationalist party, called the Kuomintang, and eventually became commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army. In this leading role, Chiang led the Northern Expedition to reclaim the vast majority of China which was controlled by warlords, and with his rule over China established, he presided over the Nanjing Decade, which was a period of unprecedented economic growth from 1927-1937. This was followed by the Japanese invasion of 1937, triggering the Second Sino-Japanese War, which had...

After a diagnostic interview, an analysis of Ken’s answers suggests the 8 IM Elements may best be assigned to the functions of Model A in the following order, making his best fit type the ‘Logical Sensory Integrator’ or ‘LSI’. Leading Function - Laws (L1) One of the most dominant themes to come out when interviewing Ken was his pursuit of logical clarity, even over the meanings of particular words used during the interview process, finding ‘value’ to be “kind of a difficult word”. Similarly, on multiple occasions, Ken would be dissatisfied with an answer he had given, saying that he felt it was “too vague” and needed a better way of being described. In this way, we can see that Ken feels it is important that information, both when acquired by him and when presented to others, should be clearly defined and explained, reducing any ambiguity in the scope of their interpretation, while allowing himself and the interlocutor to understand the matter with definitional precision. To do...

Louis XIV , sometimes called "the Sun King" and "Louis the Great", reigned as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death in 1715 at the age of 76. He was the third French king of the House of Bourbon, ascending the throne when he was 4 upon the death of his father, King Louis XIII (IEI) . His reign was the zenith of France as the leading European power politically, militarily and culturally. Louis XIV re-invented the French monarchy as a manifestation and celebration of the absolute power of the king; he was regarded by his contemporaries, as he is still today, as the archetype of the absolute monarch. His personal tastes in art, architecture, etiquette and even landscaping had a huge impact among his contemporaries which is felt still today. Louis XIII, supported by his prime minister Cardinal Richelieu (LSI) , had already greatly increased the authority of the monarchy; however, the death of both men in quick succession led to a weaker government, du...

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was a South African psychologist, university professor, newspaper editor and politician who served as South Africa's 6th Prime Minister from 1958 until his murder in 1966. He is often called the "Architect of Apartheid" and was the politician chiefly responsible for the creation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961. It was during his government that Nelson Mandela (EIE) , along with others, was sentenced to prison for sabotage until his release in 1990. Verwoerd was born in the Netherlands in 1901; his parents emigrated to South Africa when he was about two years old. At first, he attended primary school in Cape Town, then in his teens accompanied his parents when they moved again, to Bulawayo (in what was then Rhodesia) and then back to South Africa, in the then province of the Orange Free State. He was an outstanding student and got the highest marks for English literature in the whole of Rhodesia, and the highest score in the Orange Fre...

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known by the pseudonym ' Maxim Gorky ', was a Russian and Soviet writer famous for his founding of the socialist realism literary method and political activism during the time of the Russian Empire. Maxim Gorky was known for his active participation in the Marxist social-democratic movement and his public opposition towards the Tsarist regime. His most famous literary works have strongly impacted Russian culture and have remarkably contributed very passionate insights within the field of short stories, poetry and memoirs that described the lives of people in the lowest strata and on the margins of society. He associated with fellow great writers of the time, like Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov and greatly admired their works and contributions the the literary community at the time. In his pursuit of socialist realism, Maxim Gorky regularly emphasized the principles and rules that needed to be formed in order to implement the ideological ...

Otto I , known colloquially through the epiphet Otto the Great , was originally the Duke of Saxony and King of Germany in 936 and considered by some historians to have been the 1st Holy Roman Emperor, reigning from 962 to 973. He is known well for sustaining the efforts of his father Henry the Fowler in unifying all German tribes into a single state under the monarchy. By doing this, he had greatly expanded on the powers of the king, leading him to take on large reforms, such as the transformation of the Roman Catholic Church and its clergy to be under monarchical control. Throughout his reign as King of Germany, he had dealt with Hungarian invasions in the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, successfully putting an end to these invasions and thus became highly respected by the Christian world as a result. After conquering the Kingdom of Italy in 961, the territories he owned flourished under the Ottonian dynasty as patrons to art and architecture. During this period, he was eventually crowne...