Dialectical materialism is a Marxist view of history, which is generally what people mean when they use the word "dialectic" in this context. These may be usef

Dialectical materialism is a Marxist view of history, which is generally what people mean when they use the word "dialectic" in this context. These may be useful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_materialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_materialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_materialism