E113 Lisa Tilley: Race, 'populations' & Malthusianism

Lisa explores the history of racist discourses and interventions on 'population control', anti-poor Malthusianism and eugenics. Lisa helps us to connect all this to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Useful links: https://discoversociety.org/2020/04/06/saying-the-quiet-part-out-loud-eugenics-and-the-aging-population-in-conservative-pandemic-governance/ https://discoversociety.org/2018/12/04/populist-academics-colonial-demography-and-far-right-discursive-ecologies/