Such harsh criticism was denied basis by several literary figures of another generation, those left-wing intellectuals centered on "Poporanism", who viewed radicalism as traditional and important in the development of Romanian culture. In his "Spiritul critic în cultura românească", Garabet Ibrăileanu depicted Caragiale as standing for the most extreme criticism of Romanian society, together with the more conservative Mihai Eminescu and the more leftist intellectuals associated with the Romanian Social-Democratic Workers' Party. Although he considered "Boborul" to be a good piece of writing, he accused Caragiale of remaining one-sided: "and about the reactionary attitude, does it never lend itself to ridicule?"