''Polactwo'' (literally "

Polack In the contemporary English language, the noun ''Polack'' ( and ) is a derogatory term, primarily used in North America, referring to a person of Polish origin. It is an anglicisation of the Polish masculine noun ''Polak'', which denotes a pe ...

ness") is a book by

Rafał Ziemkiewicz Rafał () is a Polish masculine given name. It is the Polish form of the name Raphael. Notable people with the name A-J * Rafał Adamczyk (born 1974), Polish politician * Rafał Ambrozik (born 1979), Polish politician * Rafał Andraszak (bor ...

, published in 2004 and 2007.Red Horse, , reedycja Wydanie II poprawione i uzupełnione. The author tries to explain what happened with

Poles Pole or poles may refer to: People *Poles (people), another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland * Pole (surname), including a list of people with the name * Pole (musician) (Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist ...

after the fall of communism and the toxic influence of tens of years of communism and the destruction it brought to Poland. He tells about the destructive force of people gathered around

Adam Michnik Adam Michnik (; born 17 October 1946) is a Polish historian, essayist, former Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1989), dissident, Intellectual#Public intellectual, public intellectual, as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the P ...

– an argument which he follows in his book ''

Michnikowszczyzna. Zapis choroby ''Michnikowszczyzna. Zapis choroby'' is a book written by a Polish right-wing journalist Rafał Ziemkiewicz in 2006. The title might be translated as ''Michnikism. Medical History''. It presents a negative analytical and critical view of Adam Mi ...

''. He tries to describe the reasons and effects of low self-esteem of Poles as a nation, who regard themselves low in sociological studies. According to Ziemkiewicz, the reasons are processes that shaped the society through the years of partitions and

communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a ...

. He says the social situation is similar to that of other post-communist countries, and also post-slavery societies.

References

{{Rafał Ziemkiewicz 2004 non-fiction books History books about Poland Works by Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz