 The connection between pre-Hispanic thought and Mexican philosophy has deepened in recent years. One example of this is the concept of nepantla, which Emilio Uranga (1921–1988) reintroduces in his book Análisis del ser del mexicano (1952). According to Uranga, nepantla refers to an ontological condition of existence that captures both the specific nature of Mexican being and the human condition more generally. Nepantla means to be in between two opposites without fully rejecting or adopting either. Several authors from both Mexico and the United States have since employed the concept of nepantla in novel ways to describe various aspects of our existence (e.g., Gloria Anzaldúa).