Alexander Arguelles: José Argüelles, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Doctor of Philosophy, Ioan P. Culianu, Wendy Doniger, Great Books - Tapa blanda

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alexander Arguelles (original spelling of family name: Argüelles), scholar of foreign languages, was born on April 30, 1964 into an exclusively English-speaking American household. He grew up primarily in New York City, but he lived in various parts of Europe during his earliest years, his family traveled abroad regularly and extensively throughout his childhood, and his father, poet Ivan Arguelles, is a scholar and polyglot whose shelves are filled with books in many different tongues. Alexander Arguelles is married and is raising his two young sons to be multilingual. He is the nephew of artist, writer, counterculture icon, and spiritual visionary José Argüelles. Arguelles obtained his B.A. from Columbia University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He earned his B.A. in comparative literature in 1986 and his Ph.D. in the comparative history of religions in 1994.