At that time,

在那时
when Habermas was writing this,

当哈伯马斯写下这些的时候
he was still a materialist.

他仍旧是一个唯物主义者
Then he had his culture turn,

后来他经历了文化转向
and he's probably not a materialist any longer.

而不再是唯物主义者了
He said, "Materialism is if your point of departure

他说 "唯物主义就是当你的出发点
is what you can get from through your senses,

是通过感官
not through your ideas."

而不是通过思考得出的结果"
But he said Marx made a mistake;

但他又说马克思犯了一个错误
namely, that he reduced sensuous human activities to the economy,

即马克思将人类感性活动归纳于经济
and to production.

以及生产
And well, he said,

哈伯马斯说