Christopher Charles Norris (born 6 November 1947)[1] is a British philosopher and literary critic.
Norris completed his PhD in English at University College London in 1975.
After an early career in literary and music criticism (during the late 1970s, he wrote for the now-defunct magazine Records and Recording), Norris moved in 1991 to the Cardiff Philosophy Department.
In 1997, he was awarded the title of Distinguished Research Professor in the Cardiff School of English, Communication & Philosophy.
He is one of the world's leading scholars on deconstruction, and the work of Jacques Derrida.