''Polactwo'' (literally " Polackness") is a book by

Rafał Ziemkiewicz Rafał is the Polish form of the male given name Raphael. Rafał (Polish pronunciation: ) may refer to: *Rafał Śliż (born 1983), Polish ski jumper * Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz (born 1964), Polish fiction author and journalist * Rafał Andraszak (b ...

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

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

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 – 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

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and

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. 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