I was unable to make it class last week (the first one I ever missed, I promise! 
) and so the assignment about the “evil other” is completely new to me since I was not there to hear the discussion that I am sure took place during class. I am disappointed since it seems as though it would have been an interesting lecture that day! As a result of my absence, however, I have many “that’s questionables.”
In this week’s assignment, you said,”In his video presentation, Keen argued that acts of war and terror are often generated as a response to the perception of an ‘evil other.’” That statement itself is very “questionable” to me. In my religion, Catholicism, we are raised to believe that Satan is the “evil other” by nature and that evil comes from him. In fact, there is a whole story about how he was originally an angel in heaven and was thrown out by God. How is it then that he was a “response to the perception of an ‘evil other’ when he is traditionally the origin of the ‘evil other’? I guess I am just a little confused and would love to hear an explanation of what the author, Keen, would say in reference to this question. (Without having to purchase the book…;) ) PS: You will see me in class today! 
