Opposing de Botton’s idea of a “traveling mindset”, as Xavier believes, “habituation” can become “receptive.” As described in the text “habituation” is the reduction of a physiological or emotional feedback to a recurring stimulus. To be “receptive” is to open minded thus having the ability to accept new ideas. In addition, a “traveling mindset” is the mentality a person gets when going somewhere new; a place the person has no prior structured ideas of, therefore making the excitement come from the potential receptivity. Included in the passage, Points of Departure by Michelle J. Brazzier, are de Botton’s and Xavier de Maistre’s ideas on these three key terms from the text.
Xavier de Maistre challenged the idea of a “travelling mindset” whose
Xavier de Maistre challenged the idea of a “travelling mindset” whose