| Summary: | This essay examines Gloria Anzaldúa’s critical appropriation of two Mexican philosophers in the writing of <i>Borderlands/</i><i>La Frontera</i>: Samuel Ramos and Octavio Paz.<i> </i>We argue that although neither of these authors is cited in her seminal work, Anzaldúa had them both in mind through the writing process and that their ideas are present in the text itself. Through a genealogical reading of <i>Borderlands/La Frontera</i>, and<i> </i>aided by archival research, we demonstrate how Anzaldúa’s philosophical vision of the “new mestiza” is a critical continuation of the broader tradition known as <i>la </i><i>filosofía</i><i> de lo </i><i>mexicano</i><i>, </i>which flourished during a golden age of Mexican philosophy (1910−1960). Our aim is to open new directions in Latinx and Latin American philosophy by presenting Anzaldúa’s <i>Borderlands/La Frontera</i> as a profound scholarly encounter with two classic works of Mexican philosophy, Ramos’ <i>Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico </i>and Paz’s <i>The Labyrinth of Solitude</i>.
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