Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation of Expected Statutory Federal Income Tax To Actual Income Tax Provision (Benefit) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Nov. 30, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Amount [Abstract]
Computed expected federal income tax		$ 62,181	$ 224,087	$ 100,508
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		12,391	45,457	25,648
Recognition of accumulated other comprehensive income lodged taxes	$ (544,600)	0	0	(544,583)
International operations (including foreign rate differential)		1,823	13,155	4,518
Decrease in valuation allowance		(48,058)	(2,561)	(19,993)
Non-deductible executive compensation		5,810	12,814	7,444
Foreign tax credits		(9,046)	(8,654)	(5,012)
Deferred tax asset remeasurement related to the Tax Act		5,673	0	0
Transition tax on foreign earnings related to the Tax Act		2,590	0	(6,708)
Base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT)		10,000	0	(10,000)
Change in unrecognized tax benefits related to prior years		(19,783)	(4,522)	(20,512)
Interest on unrecognized tax benefits		(1,197)	15,600	3,568
Spectrum Brands distribution		0	0	11,996
Acquisition of HomeFed		0	0	(36,779)
Other, net, Amount		(3,376)	3,297	5,950
Total income tax provision (benefit)		$ 19,008	$ 298,673	$ (483,955)
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]
Computed expected federal income tax, percent		21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit, percent		4.20%	4.30%	5.40%
Recognition of accumulated other comprehensive income lodged taxes, percent		0.00%	0.00%	(113.80%)
International operations (including foreign rate differential), percent		0.60%	1.20%	0.90%
Decrease in valuation allowance, percent		(16.20%)	(0.20%)	(4.20%)
Permanent differences, percent		1.90%	1.20%	1.60%
Foreign tax credits, percent		(3.10%)	(0.80%)	(1.00%)
Deferred tax asset remeasurement related to the Tax Act, percent		1.90%	0.00%	0.00%
Transition tax on foreign earnings related to the Tax Act, percent		0.009	0	(0.014)
Base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT), percent		3.40%	0.00%	(2.10%)
Change in unrecognized tax benefits related to prior years, percent		(6.70%)	(0.50%)	(4.30%)
Interest on unrecognized tax benefits, Percent		(0.004)	0.015	0.007
Spectrum Brands distribution, percent		0.00%	0.00%	2.50%
Acquisition of HomeFed, precent		0.00%	0.00%	(7.70%)
Other, net, percent		(1.10%)	0.30%	1.30%
Actual income tax provision, percent		6.40%	28.00%	(101.10%)