The 21st Century Resurgence of Eugenics

Eugenics is a coercive ideology with a destructive history over the course of the 19th and 20th Centuries. But did support for eugenics die out after the Second World War? Unpacking the movement and its roots in academia, Rebecca Sear FBA explores the question of whether we are witnessing a resurgence in eugenics today. Speaker: Rebecca Sear FBA, Professor and Director of the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University This podcast is for informative and educational purposes. 10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened on YouTube and also available on all podcasting platforms. Find out more about the British Academy: For future events, visit our website:

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The 21st Century Resurgence of Eugenics is an episode from 10-Minute Talks by The British Academy.

This episode is 10:55 long.

This episode was published on Jun 13, 2025.

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