Ottoman historians lost interest in timars a generation ago due to simultaneous intellectual and political crises, namely methodological skepticism and the end of the cold war. The archival methodology used in timar research was subjected to withering critique, and the underlying motivation for the research, land reform in East-Central Europe and Turkey, was dissipated. Renewed scholarly interest in the timar institution is driven by awareness of transnational themes, efforts to theorize complexity, and the value of transparency and self-consciousness in research agendas.

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为什么是蒂马斯？为什么现在？从近代史学看奥斯曼帝马

由于同时发生的知识和政治危机，即方法论怀疑论和冷战的结束，奥斯曼历史学家在一代人之前对帝马失去了兴趣。蒂马尔研究中使用的档案方法受到了严厉的批评，研究的根本动机——东中欧和土耳其的土地改革，已经消散。对跨国主题的认识、对复杂性进行理论化的努力以及研究议程中的透明度和自我意识的价值，推动了对帝马机构重新产生的学术兴趣。