Philosophers from the Institute of Philosophy II at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have presented what they call a "new theory of emtions", what they call the 'Integrative embodiment theory of emotions'. A full paper is published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. I don't quite think that this is particularly new...it may be for the field of philosophy but I think emotions and emodiment research has been going on for some time in the social sciences.
They begin with what many have been doing for years, that is begin with the body and the premise that knowledge begins with the body. They then integrate aspects of the James-Lange theory of emotions and the 'cognitive' rationalized approach in terms of intentionality but also account for the times when there is an absence of an object behind the intention.
Talked about a bit more here
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