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.[2] He is an editorial board member of the journal Anthropological Theory.[3] Friedman has done most of his research in Hawaii and the Republic of Congo.[clarification needed]
Jonathan Friedman | |
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Jonathan Ames Friedman | |
Born | April 7, 1946 |
Occupation | scholar |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Columbia University (Ph.D., 1972) |
Thesis | 'System, Structure, and Contradiction: The Evolution of 'Asiatic' Social Formations[1] (1972) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Anthropologist |
Sub-discipline | Cultural Anthropologist, Hawaii and Congo Specialist, Marxist Anthropology |
Institutions | University of California, San Diego School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences[2] |