Nature–man–spirit complex

Nature–man–spirit complex

The nature–man–spirit complex is a famous concept in cultural anthropology. It was propounded by L. P. Vidyarthi in his book The Maler: Nature-Man-Spirit Complex in a Hill Tribe, published in 1963. Vidyathi developed the concept as practical exigency of arranging the data in a way that will depict the soul of a tribal culture instead of just the skeleton.


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