Jonathan Friedman (born April 7, 1946) is an American anthropologist.
He earned his Ph.D.
at Columbia University in 1972.
He is professor emeritus of Anthropology at University of California, San Diego and Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
He is an editorial board member of the journal Anthropological Theory.
Friedman has done most of his research in Hawaii and the Republic of Congo.Jonathan Friedman is a contributor to the Swedish social conservative news site Samhällsnytt, along with Russian journalist Egor Putilov aka.
Alexander Friedback.
The site was founded by Sweden Democrat politician Kent Ekeroth as a successor to the discontinued site Avpixlat.